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CVE-2022-23714

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2022 at 01:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEndpoint Security· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Endpoint Security· Elasticelastic-plugin
95%
v ≤ 7.17.47.13.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.17.48.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.3
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264NVD-CWE-noinfo

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