CVE-2021-21512

Privileged takeover of notification email account

Published Feb 19, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024

Information disclosure in Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery 19.7.0.1 allows local high-privileged users to take over its notification email account. Dell has not published the affected component or the operation that exposes the notification email account. Exploitation requires a locally authenticated, high-privileged Cyber Recovery account; the reported consequence is control of the configured notification email account.

CVSS severity7.9
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery 19.7.0.1 allows local high-privileged users to take over its notification email account. Dell has not published the affected component or the operation that exposes the notification email account. Exploitation requires a locally authenticated, high-privileged Cyber Recovery account; the reported consequence is control of the configured notification email account.

The record

CVE
CVE-2021-21512
Published
Feb 19, 2021
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Vendor
Dell
Product
PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
Classifications
CWE-200
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 19, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <19.7.0.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Dell · PowerProtect Cyber Recoveryversion=unspecified <19.7.0.2

Published CVSS scores

3.6NIST NVDAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
7.9DellCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.0NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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