CVE-2021-21513

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CVE-2021-21513

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Description

Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) version 9.5 Microsoft Windows installations with Distributed Web Server (DWS) enabled configuration contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain admin access on the affected system.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000183670/dsa-2021-040-dell-emc-openmanage-server-administrator-omsa-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-07

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-03-02

Updated: 2021-09-14

Type: CWE-287

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:dell:openmanage_server_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
148825	Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Authentication Bypass (DSA-2021-040)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical