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CVE-2020-5358 Medium · 6.7 EPSS 0.2%

Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7 contain a privilege…

Dell · Dell Encryption Enterprise

Official description · CVE.org

Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect permissions. A local malicious user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privilege on the affected system with the help of a symbolic link.

Breakdown
6.5 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
1/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. What they do

Disclosed on 15 Jun 2020. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

A fix was bypassed or incomplete once over 9 weeks.

Linked vulnerabilitiesLinked by evidence that a fix failed or the same code was patched again. Oldest first.

  1. This CVECVE-2020-5358Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint…15 Jun 2020
  2. incomplete fixHigh

    Why these are linked:

    • Stated in the CVE textDell Encryption versions prior to 10.8 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.8 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5358.
    • Similar weakness in the same product (machine-matched)same product + CWE + description similarity
    CVE-2020-5385Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.8 and Dell Endpoint…18 Aug 2020

techniques

1 , grouped by in kill-chain order 1

Privilege EscalationTA0004

MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · primary impact

Detection

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What security researchers reported

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References

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