Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2024 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2023-32479

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Dell Encryption from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Management Server versions prior to 11.9.0 contain privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by replacing binaries in installed directory and taking reverse shell of the system leading to Privilege Escalation.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Dell Encryption	0 – before 11.9.0
Dell	Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise	0 – before 11.9.0
Dell	Dell Security Management Server (Windows)	0 – before 11.9.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000215881/dsa-2023-260 vendor-advisory