Elastic Endpoint Security Quarantine Priv Esc (CVE-2022-38774)
CVE-2022-38774 Published on January 26, 2023

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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-38774 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Privilege Management

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


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Affected Versions

Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame Security Version Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.6 and 8.3.3 and Elastic Endgame versions up to 3.62.2 is affected by CVE-2022-38774

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.06%
Percentile
17.47%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.