Description
A vulnerability identified in the HX Agent driver file fekern.sys allowed a threat actor with local user access the ability to gain elevated system privileges. Utilization of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) was leveraged to gain access to the critical Windows process memory lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service). The fekern.sys is a driver file associated with the HX Agent (used in all existing HX Agent versions). The vulnerable driver installed in a product or a system running a fully functional HX Agent is, itself, not exploitable as the product’s tamper protection restricts the ability to communicate with the driver to only the Agent’s processes.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Various Sources
https://thrive.trellix.com/s/article/000015100
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
1.1%
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-20
Status
published
Products (3)
trellix/endpoint_security
35.31.0-37
trellix/endpoint_security
36.30.0-17
trellix/endpoint_security
30.0.0 - 34.0.0
Published
Feb 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 25, 2026