Vulnerability in Dell Encryption, Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Management Server (Windows)

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

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-39246: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39246?
CVE-2023-39246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Encryption, Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Management Server (Windows), classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-39246?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-39246 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.