CVE-2020-5385: Dell Encryption

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

Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.8 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite versions prior to 2.8 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5358. 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: before 10.8 (fixed in 10.8)
• Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise: before 2.8 (fixed in 2.8)

Published 2020-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.