Account compromise via plaintext password storage
Published Jul 12, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Plain-text password storage in Dell Technologies Unity before 5.1.0.0.5.394 allows local users with high privileges to obtain credentials. Dell has not published the file, service, or operation that retains the password in plain text. Exploitation requires high local privileges and grants the compromised user's access, including any data and administrative functions available to that account.
Summary
What happened
Plain-text password storage in Dell Technologies Unity before 5.1.0.0.5.394 allows local users with high privileges to obtain credentials. Dell has not published the file, service, or operation that retains the password in plain text. Exploitation requires high local privileges and grants the compromised user's access, including any data and administrative functions available to that account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-21590
- Published
- Jul 12, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Unity
- Classifications
- CWE-522, CWE-200, T1555
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 12, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <5.1.0.0.5.394
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