CVE-2022-38775

HIGH

Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
elastic/endpoint_security < 8.4.1
Published Jan 26, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026