Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability
CVE-2018-15766

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Dell
Status
Encryption
Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 October 2018

What is CVE-2018-15766?

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

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Affected Version(s)

Encryption < 10.0.1

Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise < 2.0.1

References

https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln313561/d...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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