CVE-2022-38774

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754	Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security	Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754	Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endgame::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-26 21:15

Updated : 2025-04-02 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-38774

Mitre link : CVE-2022-38774

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38774

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

endpoint_security
endgame

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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