CVE-2023-39246 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

73%

Complexity

13%

Confidentiality

98%

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

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Overview

First reported 1 year ago

2023-11-16 09:15:00

Last updated 1 year ago

2023-11-29 19:33:00

Affected Software

Dell Encryption Enterprise Edition

References

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

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

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