01 Record
CVE-2021-21589
Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 do not exit on failed Initialization. A local authenticated Service user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to escalate
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: dell
CNA base score5.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 do not exit on failed Initialization. A local authenticated Service user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to escalate
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-07-12 15:40Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- dell
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db1a7325022348e905c68c3e9c7cec131fa4bdcce733859461b6b3e53f1f771e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.dell.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000189204