CVE-2020-5358: Dell Encryption

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect permissions. A local malicious user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privilege on the affected system with the help of a symbolic link.

Affected products

• Dell Encryption: up to and including 10.7.0
• Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise: before 2.7 (fixed in 2.7)

Published 2020-06-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.