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High severity · published Jan 15, 2022
CVE-2021-44049
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) through 11.5.3.328 before 2021-12-20 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges via a Trojan horse Procmon64.exe in the user's Temp…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) through 11.5.3.328 before 2021-12-20 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges via a Trojan horse Procmon64.exe in the user's Temp directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Privilege Manager · Cyberark
11.5.3.328 before 11.5.4.355; 11.5.3.328 before 11.5.4.500 · source: NVD
Affected product
EP
Endpoint Privilege Manager
Cyberark
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44049
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44049
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.cyberark.com/Product-Doc/OnlineHelp/EPM-onprem/Latest/en/Content/Release%20Notes/RN-WhatsNew.htm
Exploit
https://hencohen10.medium.com/cyberark-endpoint-manager-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2021-44049-67cd5e62c3d2
Permissions Required
https://www.cyberark.com/ca21-34/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.cyberark.com/product-security/
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