CVE-2021-36284

medium

Description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00049