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CVE-2023-32479

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

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.

Affected products

• Dell Encryption: before 11.9.0 — fixed in 11.9.0
• Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise: before 11.9.0 — fixed in 11.9.0
• Dell Security Management Server: before 11.9.0 — fixed in 11.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Encryption 11.9.0; Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise 11.9.0; Dell Security Management Server 11.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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