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
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-7-17-9-8-5-0-and-8-6-1-security-update/324661
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.1%
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 (2)
elastic/endgame
< 3.62.3
elastic/endpoint_security
< 7.17.9
Published
Feb 08, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026