CVE-2021-21548

HIGH

Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax < 9.1.0.27 - Unauthenticated Man-in-the-Middle via Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm

Description

Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions before 9.1.0.27, Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance versions before 9.1.0.27, and PowerMax OS Release 5978 contain an improper certificate validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to carry out a man-in-the-middle attack by supplying a crafted certificate and intercepting the victim's traffic to view or modify a victim’s data in transit.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000189606/dsa-2021-134-dell-emc-unisphere-for-powermax-dell-emc-unisphere-for-powermax-virtual-appliance-dell-emc-solutions-enabler-virtual-appliance-and-dell-emc-powermax-embedded-management-security-update-for-multiple-third-party-component-vulnerabilities

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-295

Status published

Products (3)

dell/emc_unisphere_for_powermax < 9.1.0.27

dell/emc_unisphere_for_powermax_virtual_appliance < 9.1.0.27

dell/powermax_os 5978

Published Mar 17, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026