What is CVE-2023-2818?

CVE-2023-2818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-2818?

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

Vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management

CVE-2023-2818

An insecure filesystem permission in the Insider Threat Management Agent for Windows enables local unprivileged users to disrupt agent monitoring. All versions prior to 7.14.3 are affected. Agents for MacOS and Linux and Cloud are unaffected.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Proofpoint Insider Threat Management — versions 0
Proofpoint Insider_threat_management

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

security@proofpoint.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2818?: CVE-2023-2818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-2818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.