CVE-2018-15766

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

Published Oct 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

For affected devices, the minimum password length policy should be changed manually to what is desired for the current environment. If Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise or Dell Encryption Enterprise’s Encryption Management Agent is installed on a Domain Controller or a device that is not joined to a domain, the default minimum password length will need to be changed on the local device. If Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise or Dell Encryption Enterprise’s Encryption Management Agent is installed on a device that is joined to a domain, the default minimum password length will need to be changed within the enterprise’s Group Policy Management console. Default values for this property is ‘7’ in most configurations. This Microsoft KB article outlines how to modify this setting: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277399.aspx External Link

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7629 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
dell
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:30 PM
Reserved
Aug 23, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 11, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:43 AM