Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2023 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2023-39246

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Dell Security Management Server (Windows) from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Management Server version prior to 11.8.1 contain an Insecure Operation on Windows Junction Vulnerability during installation. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create an arbitrary folder inside a restricted directory, leading to Privilege Escalation

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Dell Security Management Server (Windows)	Versions prior to 11.8.1

Weakness: CWE-61 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000217572/dsa-2023-271 vendor-advisory