CVE-2020-5385 Privilege escalation in Dell Encryption Enterprise
A local attacker can exploit a symbolic link vulnerability in Dell Encryption to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5385?
CVE-2020-5385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Encryption Enterprise, published on 18 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5385?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5385?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5385 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5385 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Encryption Enterprise
- CVE-2025-36564 Privilege escalation in Encryption Admin Utilities
- CVE-2018-15766 Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-46637 Path traversal in Dell Encryption
- CVE-2025-36611 Path traversal in Encryption
- CVE-2023-32479 Privilege escalation in Dell Encryption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hpgw-f4j6-29r5.