Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness Utility is run on the system. The credentials of the Unisphere Administrator are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-8819 Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness Utility is run on the system. The credentials of the Unisphere Administrator are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

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Updated: 2024-09-16T18:34:33.545Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-21547

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-30T21:15:08.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:48:34.163

Link: CVE-2021-21547

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