CVE-2023-32479

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.001 · 0 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.09% (0th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Dell Encryption0 → 11.9.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise0 → 11.9.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Security Management Server (Windows)0 → 11.9.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Technologies Encryption≤ 11.9.0fstec_bduRU
Dell Technologies Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise≤ 11.9.0fstec_bduRU
Dell Technologies Security Management Server≤ 11.9.0fstec_bduRU
dell encryption< 11.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell endpoint security suite enterprise< 11.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell security management server< 11.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:security_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-06modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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