What is CVE-2022-4326?

CVE-2022-4326 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-4326?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2022-4326

Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Trellix Endpoint_security
Trellix Xagent — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4326?: CVE-2022-4326 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-4326?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.