CVE-2021-21589: Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 do not exit on failed Initialization. A local authenticated Service user could…

PriorityP425medium6.7CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.19%

9.2th percentile

Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 do not exit on failed Initialization. A local authenticated Service user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dell	emc_unity_operating_environment	< 5.1.0.0.5.394	5.1.0.0.5.394
dell	emc_unity_xt_operating_environment	< 5.1.0.0.5.394	5.1.0.0.5.394
dell	emc_unityvsa_operating_environment	< 5.1.0.0.5.394	5.1.0.0.5.394
dell	unity	>= unspecified < 5.1.0.0.5.394	5.1.0.0.5.394

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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