CVE-2022-38775 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2023-01-24

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Elastic

Elastic Endpoint Security

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Version 8.4.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41338	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-1-security-statement/323753
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Elastic Endpoint Security

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T13:30:23.078Z

Reserved: 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38775

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.551Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:50.300

Modified: 2025-04-02T14:15:36.480

Link: CVE-2022-38775

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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