CVE-2023-32479 (GCVE-0-2023-32479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-06 08:09 – Updated: 2024-08-22 19:24
VLAI
Summary
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 Escalation.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell Dell Encryption Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
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Dell Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
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Dell Dell Security Management Server (Windows) Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
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dell security_management_server Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
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dell endpoint_security_suite_enterprise Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
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dell encryption Affected: 0 , < 11.9.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:11.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2024-01-09 06:30
Credits
Pwni
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