VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 16th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- elastic/endgame · elastic/endpoint security
- Source
- security@elastic.co
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754Vendor Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754Vendor Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.