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CVE-2021-36339 (GCVE-0-2021-36339)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-21 20:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:56
VLAI
Summary
The Dell EMC Virtual Appliances before 9.2.2.2 contain undocumented user accounts. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to get privileged access to the virtual appliance.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell Solutions Enabler vApp Affected: unspecified , < 9.2.2.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-12-19 00:00
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