Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-39246
CVE-2023-39246
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
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: <11.8.1
- (no CPE)range: <11.8.1
cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.8.1
- (no CPE)range: <11.8.1
- cpe:2.3:a:dell:security_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <11.8.1
- Range: <11.8.1
- Dell/Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Dell Security Management Server (Windows)v5Range: Versions prior to 11.8.1
Patches
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References
1- www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000217572/dsa-2023-271nvdVendor Advisory
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