CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-39246

7.3 HIGH Published 2023-11-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-11-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-61

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 configurations

• dell endpoint security suite enterprise (< 11.8.1) • dell encryption (< 11.8.1) • dell security management server (< 11.8.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References