CVE-2023-32479 — Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Mana

Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Management Server versions prior to 11.9.0 contain privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this v

01What is this vulnerability?

Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, and Dell Security Management Server versions prior to 11.9.0 contain privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by replacing binaries in installed directory and taking reverse shell of the system leading to Privilege…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Dell Encryption	0
Dell	Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise	0
Dell	Dell Security Management Server (Windows)	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-02-06T08:09:30.931Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-22T19:24:50.727Z

09References

• www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000215881/dsa-2023-260