Dell Encryption Admin Utilities versions prior to 11.10.2 contain an Improper Link Resolution vulnerability.

published 2025-06-03 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16740

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell Encryption Admin Utilities versions prior to 11.10.2 contain an Improper Link Resolution vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell Encryption Admin Utilities 11.10.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-06-04)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Dell Encryption Admin Utilities

Classification

Weakness

CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000325203/dsa-2025-224
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-36564
NVD CVE-2025-36564

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Summary