CVE-2018-15766

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15766
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-11 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionOn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-521

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Encryption All All All All
Application Dell Encryption All All All All
Application Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise All All All All
Application Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise All All All All

References

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Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability | Dell US CONFIRM www.dell.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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