Vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6

CVE-2021-21571

Dell UEFI BIOS https stack leveraged by the Dell BIOSConnect feature and Dell HTTPS Boot feature contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability using a person-in-the-middle attack which may lead to a denial of service and payload tampering.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-21571: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21571?
CVE-2021-21571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-21571?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.