Medium severity5.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-36284
CVE-2021-36284
Description
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
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Affected products
23- cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.7.0
- cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.7.0
- cpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_3280_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.2.0
- cpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_7480_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.2.0
- cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_3640_tower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.7.1
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References
1- www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495nvdVendor Advisory
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