Vulnerability · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2022-38777
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Elastic 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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the rollback feature 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 | Elastic Endpoint Security | Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.8 and 8.4.3 and Elastic Endgame versions up to 3.62.2 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H