CVE-2023-39246

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 4 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.15% (4th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

cvss

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

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 2.7

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-61US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Dell Security Management Server (Windows)≤ Versions prior to 11.8.1enisa_euvdEU
dell encryption< 11.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell endpoint security suite enterprise< 11.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell security management server< 11.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:security_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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