Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation
CVE-2022-46334

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Proofpoint

Status
Enterprise Protection
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 December 2022

What is CVE-2022-46334?

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.

Affected Version(s)

enterprise_protection 8.* <= 8.19.0

References

https://www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/p...

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

Credit

ly1g3
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CVE-2022-46334 : Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation