cvelist/2021/36xxx/CVE-2021-36285.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "secure@dell.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2021-09-16",
        "ID": "CVE-2021-36285",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "CPG BIOS",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "1.7.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Dell"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "baseScore": 5.7,
            "baseSeverity": "Medium",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/",
                "name": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/"
            }
        ]
    }
}