PT-2021-21203
CVE-2021-36285
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Published
2021-09-28
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Updated
2021-10-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Dell BIOS (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations, allowing for a brute force attack.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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