CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-21547

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 30, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness Utility is run on the system. The credentials of the Unisphere Administrator are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Unity_operating_environment Dell * 5.0.7.0.5.008 (excluding)
Unity_xt_operating_environment Dell * 5.0.7.0.5.008 (excluding)
Unityvsa_operating_environment Dell * 5.0.7.0.5.008 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References