CVE-2020-5358 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7. A local, low-privileged attacker could exploit incorrect permissions, specifically through a symbolic link, to gain elevated privileges on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:* | ||
< 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.