cve-2021-36317
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-21 17:05
Modified
2024-09-16 16:42
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Dell EMC Avamar Server version 19.4 contains a plain-text password storage vulnerability in AvInstaller. A local 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 privileges of the compromised account.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09Third Party Advisory
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000193369Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000193369Patch, Vendor Advisory
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