Local Privilege Escalation in Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows
CVE-2022-23714

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Elastic
Status
Endpoint Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 July 2022

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified within the ransomware canaries feature of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows. This issue could potentially enable unauthorized users to escalate their privileges to the LocalSystem account, compromising system security and potentially leading to further unauthorized actions within the system.

Affected Version(s)

Endpoint Security Versions 7.13.0 through 7.17.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.2.3

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17...
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https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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