Medium severity · published Nov 30, 2022
CVE-2022-3859
An uncontrolled search path vulnerability exists in Trellix Agent (TA) for Windows in versions prior to 5.7.8
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An uncontrolled search path vulnerability exists in Trellix Agent (TA) for Windows in versions prior to 5.7.8. This allows an attacker with admin access, which is required to place the DLL in the restricted Windows System folder, to elevate their privileges to System by placing a malicious DLL there.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Agent · Trellix
before 5.7.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3859
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3859
Patch
https://kcm.trellix.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10391
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