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GHSA-PP2J-9HQV-7X55

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:49 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

Dell dbutil_2_3.sys driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, or information disclosure. Local authenticated user access is required.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-21551 (GCVE-0-2021-21551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-04 15:15 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-782 - Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control

Assigner

dell

References

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Dell	dbutil	Affected: 2.3

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CVE-2021-21551 (GCVE-0-2021-21551)

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