CVE-2022-23714 json
A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which…
published 2022-07-06 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28650
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Elastic Endpoint Security
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
-
discuss.elastic.co
/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613
mitigation, vendor-advisory
-
elastic.co
/community/security
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-23714
- NVD CVE-2022-23714
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