CVE-2023-39246

MEDIUM

Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise < 11.8.1 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule

Description

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

References (1)

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

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 6.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-61 CWE-59

Status published

Products (3)

dell/encryption < 11.8.1

dell/endpoint_security_suite_enterprise < 11.8.1

dell/security_management_server < 11.8.1

Published Nov 16, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026