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High · 8.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2021-21551 EUVD-2021-8823GHSA-pp2j-9hqv-7x55

Dell dbutil_2_3.sys driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of serv…

Published May 4, 2021 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by dell

Vendor: Dell Product: dbutil

Description

Dell 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Dell dbutil 2.3 —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 12 repositories · most starred shown

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