CVE-2021-21551

Summary

CVECVE-2021-21551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-04 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-05 06:15:00 UTC
DescriptionDell dbutil_2_3.sys driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, or information disclosure. Local authenticated user access is required.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.696300000 probability, percentile 0.986590000 (date 2026-04-12)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-31; due 2022-04-21; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-782

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorDell
Productdbutil Driver
NameDell dbutil Driver Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21551

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Dbutil 2 3.sys - All All All
Application Dell Debutil 2 3.sys - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DELL dbutil_2_3.sys 2.3 Arbitrary Write / Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Access Denied MISC www.dell.com
Dell DBUtil_2_3.sys IOCTL Memory Read / Write ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375541 Dell Client Platform Security Update for Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability (DSA-2021-088)
  • 375589 Dell Driver Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report