Medium severity · published Jun 8, 2021
CVE-2021-21558
Dell EMC NetWorker, 18.x, 19.1.x, 19.2.x 19.3.x, 19.4 and 19.4.0.1, contains an Information Disclosure vulnerability
4.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell EMC NetWorker, 18.x, 19.1.x, 19.2.x 19.3.x, 19.4 and 19.4.0.1, contains an Information Disclosure vulnerability. A local administrator of the gstd system may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read LDAP credentials from local logs and use the stolen credentials to make changes to the network domain.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
NetWorker · Dell
before 19.4.0.2 · source: vendor
EN
Emc Networker · Dell
18.1.0.1 before 19.4.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21558
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21558
Patch
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000186638/dsa-2021-104-dell-emc-networker-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities
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