CVE-2022-38777

Published: Feb 8, 2023Modified: Mar 25, 2025

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Elastic: Endgame, Endpoint Security

Elastic

2 products

Endgame

Endpoint Security

Configuration A

3 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Elastic Endgame	Before 3.62.3
Elastic Endpoint Security	Before 7.17.9
Elastic Endpoint Security	From 8.0.0 to 8.5.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (4)

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-7-17-9-8-5-0-and-8-6-1-security-update/324661

Source: security@elastic.co

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Source: security@elastic.co

Vendor Advisory

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-7-17-9-8-5-0-and-8-6-1-security-update/324661

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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