CVE detail
CVE-2021-21551: Dell dbutil Driver Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
Dell · dbutil Driver
- Date added (KEV)
- Mar 31, 2022
- CISA due date
- Apr 21, 2022
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
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Technical detail
From CISA
Dell dbutil driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial-of-service (DoS), or information disclosure.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21551
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- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000186019/dsa-2021-088-dell-client-platform-security-update-for-dell-driver-insufficient-access-control-vulnerabilityMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000186019/dsa-2021-088-dell-client-platform-security-update-for-dell-driver-insufficient-access-control-vulnerabilityMitigationVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162604/Dell-DBUtil_2_3.sys-IOCTL-Memory-Read-Write.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162739/DELL-dbutil_2_3.sys-2.3-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162604/Dell-DBUtil_2_3.sys-IOCTL-Memory-Read-Write.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162739/DELL-dbutil_2_3.sys-2.3-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21551US Government Resource
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