CVE-2020-5358: Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.18%

8.1th percentile

Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect permissions. 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

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dell	dell_encryption_enterprise	>= unspecified < 10.8	10.8
dell	encryption	< 10.8	10.8
dell	encryption	<= 10.7.0	—
dell	endpoint_security_suite_enterprise	< 2.8	2.8
dell	endpoint_security_suite_enterprise	< 2.7	2.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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