High severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2022-38775
An issue was discovered in the rollback feature of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the rollback feature of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.
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)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Endpoint Security · Elastic
before 8.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38775
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38775
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-1-security-statement/323753
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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