CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-21601

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Aug 10, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 Data Protection Search, 19.4 and prior, and IDPA, 2.6.1 and prior, contain an Information Exposure in Log File Vulnerability in CIS. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with the privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Emc_data_protection_search Dell * 19.5 (excluding)
Emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance Dell * 2.7 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References