PT-2022-16223 · Elastic · Endpoint Security

Published 2022-07-06 · Updated 2023-07-03 · CVE-2022-23714

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A local privilege escalation issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-23714

Affected Products

Endpoint Security

References · 6

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23714 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/53588 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/33082 · Telegram Post