CVE-2021-36338 Privilege escalation in Unisphere for PowerMax

What is CVE-2021-36338?

CVE-2021-36338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, published on 21 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.2.2.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. An adjacent malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges and access functionalities they do not have access to. CVE-2022-31233 addresses the partial fix in CVE-2021-36338.

Weakness: CWE-565, CWE-602

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36338?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Dell Powermax Os, Dell Solutions Enabler, Dell Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance, Dell Unisphere 360, Dell Unisphere for Powermax, Dell Unisphere for Powermax Virtual Appliance and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36338?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-36338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax

• CVE-2021-21531 Missing authorization in Unisphere for PowerMax High 8.1
• CVE-2021-36339 Hardcoded credentials in Solutions Enabler vApp High 7.8
• CVE-2023-48660 Path traversal in vApp Manger High 7.5
• CVE-2023-48671 Information disclosure in vApp Manager High 7.5
• CVE-2023-48662 Command injection in vApp Manager High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-g4hc-rpr7-vvcr.