CVE-2021-21558 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Dell EMC NetWorker, 18.x, 19.1.x, 19.2.x 19.3.x, 19.4 and 19.4.0.1, contains an Information Disclosure vulnerability. A local administrator of the gstd system may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read LDAP credentials from local logs and use the stolen credentials to make changes to the network domain.

Published: 2021-06-08

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Dell

NetWorker

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 19.4.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_networker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8830	Dell EMC NetWorker, 18.x, 19.1.x, 19.2.x 19.3.x, 19.4 and 19.4.0.1, contains an Information Disclosure vulnerability. A local administrator of the gstd system may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read LDAP credentials from local logs and use the stolen credentials to make changes to the network domain.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000186638/dsa-2021-104-dell-emc-networker-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

History

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Subscriptions

Dell Emc Networker

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2021-06-08T18:05:43.419Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:08:13.066Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21558

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-08T18:15:08.097

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:35:46.683

Link: CVE-2021-21558

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-532
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

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