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.

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 potent…

EPSS: 0.002 (4.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Dell Encryption, Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Management Server (Windows) — versions Versions prior to 11.8.1
Dell Encryption
Dell Endpoint_security_suite_enterprise
Dell Security_management_server
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security_alert@emc.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

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.