CVE-2021-43590

low-risk
Published 2022-03-04

Dell EMC Enterprise Storage Analytics for vRealize Operations, versions 4.0.1 to 6.2.1, contain a Plain-text password storage vulnerability. A local high privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.0/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Enterprise Storage Analytics

Affected Vendors

Dell

References (2)

Patch https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000196329/dsa-2021
Patch https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000196329/dsa-2021
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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal