CVE-2021-21551 (GCVE-0-2021-21551)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-04 15:15
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-782 - Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control
Summary
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.
References
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2022-03-31
Due date: 2022-04-21
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21551
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