Vulnerability · Published Jul 6, 2022 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2022-23714
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Endpoint Security from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Endpoint Security | Versions 7.13.0 through 7.17.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-264
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security x_refsource_MISC