Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges when a user with higher privileges is simultaneously accessing iDRAC through the web interface.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) (Dell) Fixed in 4.40.00.00
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 4.40.00.00
5 records Highest priority Priority LOW 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-04625 Stack-based buffer overflow in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access ControllerPriority LOW 38
- TI-2021-04626 Cross-site scripting in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access ControllerPriority LOW 29
- TI-2021-04628 Cross-site scripting in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access ControllerPriority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21539
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvg3-9cx3-qjv5
References
More Dell Idrac9 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-04396 Stack-based buffer overflow in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02726 Buffer overflow in Dell EMC iDRAC CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02728 WS-MAN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02727 Web Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-04623 Improper authentication in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2018-01149 iDRAC7/iDRAC8/iDrac9 contains a command injection vulnerability in the SNMP agent. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-21539 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-21539 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvg3-9cx3-qjv5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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