CVE-2021-21589
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.19% (9th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 privileges.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.7
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.2
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weaknesses
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CWE-269USLLM-inferred
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- dell emc unity operating environment< 5.1.0.0.5.394nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc unity xt operating environment< 5.1.0.0.5.394nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_xt_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc unityvsa operating environment< 5.1.0.0.5.394nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unityvsa_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (4)
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