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Article Number: 000217572

DSA-2023-271: Security Update for a Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise and Dell Security Management Server Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Management Server remediation are available for an insecure operation on Windows junction vulnerability during installation that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. ...

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Impact

Medium

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-39246 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 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:LThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-39246 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 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:LThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products and Remediation

Product Software/ Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Version Link
Dell Encryption
 		 SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-data-protection-encryption/drivers
 
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-dp-endpt-security-suite-enterprise/drivers
 
Dell Security Management Server (Windows) SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-data-protection-encryption/drivers
 
Product Software/ Firmware Affected Versions Remediated Version Link
Dell Encryption
 		 SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-data-protection-encryption/drivers
 
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-dp-endpt-security-suite-enterprise/drivers
 
Dell Security Management Server (Windows) SW Versions prior to 11.8.1 11.8.1 or later https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-data-protection-encryption/drivers
 

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02023-11-14Initial Release

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise

Last Published Date

14 Nov 2023

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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