• Some Dell Systems Exposed To Vulnerabilties

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    Vulnerability Spotlight: Dell Precision Optimizer and Invincea Vulnerabilities
    June 30, 2017

     
    Talos are releasing advisories for vulnerabilities in the Dell Precision Optimizer application service software, Invincea-X and Invincea Dell Protected Workspace.

    Privilege Escalation & Protection Bypass Vulnerabilities affecting:
    Invincea-X, Dell Protected Workspace 6.1.3-24058
    Invincea, Dell Protected Workspace 5.1.1-22303
    Dell Precision Tower 5810 with nvidia graphic cards, PPO Policy Processing Engine (3.5.5.0), ati.dll (PPR Monitoring Plugin) (3.5.5.0).

    Read the full report on talsointelligence.com

     
    Further information on this was published on securityweek.com:
    Pre-Installed Software Flaws Expose Dell Systems to Code Execution
    By Ionut Arghire on July 04, 2017

     
    Flaws in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to attacks that could result in the disabling of security mechanisms, privilege escalation, and arbitrary code execution within the context of the application user.

    “Given that the Invincea Dell Protected Workspace is an application that is commonly deployed to secure workstations within high security environments, it is recommended that organizations using affected versions of this solution update to the latest version as quickly as possible to ensure that the protections provided by this software cannot be bypassed by an attacker,” Cisco notes.

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    • #123445

      I’ve seen that pre-installed for no good reason. “What’s this junk? It has drivers? I never plan to use it? It’s not free? Who knows how it will interact with my virus protection? — uninstall.”

      • #123466

        Protected Workspace came installed on one of my machines, but I’ve never used it – it had 12 months’ free use, then a yearly subscription, but when I asked how much that would cost, I never got an answer.

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