What is CVE-2021-21514?

CVE-2021-21514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Open Manage Server Administrator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-21514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-21514 known to be exploited?

17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Dell Open Manage Server Administrator

CVE-2021-21514

Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.5 and prior contain a path traversal vulnerability. A remote user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to view arbitrary files on the target system by…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.281 (96.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Dell Open Manage Server Administrator — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000183670/dsa-2021-040-dell-emc-openmanage-ser… (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21514?: CVE-2021-21514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Open Manage Server Administrator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-21514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-21514 known to be exploited?: 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.