Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2023 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2022-38774
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame 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 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame Security | Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.6 and 8.3.3 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