Medium
Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.8 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.8 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5358. A local malicious user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privilege on the affected system with the help of a symbolic link.
Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.8 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.8 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5358. A local malicious user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privilege on the affected system with the help of a symbolic link.
Affected products:
Resolution:
The following Dell Data Security releases contains a resolution to this vulnerability:
Customers should use the latest version from Dell. Dell recommends installing the latest version of Dell Encryption to receive all of the latest security updates to the product.
Customers can download the latest Dell Encryption software here.
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise software will be made available to customers on their ddpe.credant.com accounts or can be obtained through Dell ProSupport.
Affected products:
Resolution:
The following Dell Data Security releases contains a resolution to this vulnerability:
Customers should use the latest version from Dell. Dell recommends installing the latest version of Dell Encryption to receive all of the latest security updates to the product.
Customers can download the latest Dell Encryption software here.
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise software will be made available to customers on their ddpe.credant.com accounts or can be obtained through Dell ProSupport.
Dell would like to thank Hou JingYi (hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT for reporting this issue.