CVE-2022-38777 (GCVE-0-2022-38777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-25 14:23
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Elastic Elastic Endpoint Security Affected: Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.8 and 8.4.3 and Elastic Endgame versions up to 3.62.2
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