Hazard

Is CVE-2021-21551 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

Dell dbutil Driver Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability

Dell · dbutil Driver

CVSS 8.8 EPSS 53% 1 public exploit Fix deadline passed 21 April 2022

What it is

Dell dbutil driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial-of-service (DoS), or information disclosure.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 53%
  • 1 public exploit published
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-04-21) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit code

Indexed from Exploit-DB. Presence of code raises urgency; absence does not mean safety.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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