Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-22159

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows before 7.4.3, 7.5.4, 7.6.5, 7.7.5, 7.8.4, 7.9.3, 7.10.2, and 7.11.0.25 as well as versions 7.3 and earlier is missing authentication for a critical function, which allows a local authenticated Windows user to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Windows SYSTEM user. Agents for MacOS, Linux, and ITM Cloud are not affected.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories x_refsource_MISC
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0001 x_refsource_MISC