Privilege escalation in Elastic Endpoint Security And Endgame
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Endpoint Security And Endgame — versions Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.6 and 8.3.3 and Elastic Endgame versions up to 3.62.2
- Elastic Endgame
- Elastic Endpoint Security
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
- discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-38774?
- CVE-2022-38774 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Endpoint Security And Endgame, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-01-26.
- How severe is CVE-2022-38774?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.