Privilege escalation in Elastic Endpoint Security
CVE-2022-38777
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.
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: 0.003 (15.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Endpoint Security — versions Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.8 and 8.4.3 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/elastic-7-17-9-8-5-0-and-8-6-1-security-update/324661 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-38777?
- CVE-2022-38777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Endpoint Security, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-08.
- How severe is CVE-2022-38777?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.