CVE-2022-43997

HIGH

7.8

Description

Incorrect access control in Aternity agent in Riverbed Aternity before 12.1.4.27 allows for local privilege escalation. There is an insufficiently protected handle to the A180AG.exe SYSTEM process with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS rights.

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 Modified4/1/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

aternity:aternity

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://gist.github.com/jackullrich/21fcfe75aeb5e18c60b80e684b83d741(cve@mitre.org)

https://winternl.com/cve-2022-43997/(cve@mitre.org)

https://gist.github.com/jackullrich/21fcfe75aeb5e18c60b80e684b83d741(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://winternl.com/cve-2022-43997/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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