CVE-2018-15773 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-15773

Dell Encryption Enterprise \ Dell Data Protection Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Dell Encryption (formerly Dell Data Protection | Encryption) v10.1.0 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious user with physical access to the machine could potentially exploit this vulnerability to access the unencrypted RegBack folder that contains back-ups of sensitive system files.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Dell would like to thank Jan van der Put and Harm Blankers of REQON Security for reporting this vulnerability.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Dell Encryption (formerly Dell Data Protection | Encryption)
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: December 5th, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.