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CVE-2018-15766

Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability

N/A

Published: October 11, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorEncryptionEndpoint Security Suite Enterprise

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Encryption · Dell

95%

v < 10.0.1

Affected range stops below 10.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise · Dell

95%

v < 2.0.1

Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln313561/dell-encryption-and-dell-endpoint-security-suite-enterprise-security-policy-overwrite-vulnerability?lang=en

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln313561/dell-encryption-and-dell-endpoint-security-suite-enterprise-security-policy-overwrite-vulnerability?lang=en

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-521

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