CVE-2022-38774

HIGH

7.8

Description

An issue was discovered in the quarantine feature of Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published1/26/2023

Last Modified4/2/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

elastic:endgameelastic:endpoint_securitymicrosoft:windows

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754(security@elastic.co)

https://www.elastic.co/community/security(security@elastic.co)

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.elastic.co/community/security(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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