CVE-2022-23714

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory elastic.co Vendor Advisory elastic.co
Affected: Elastic Endpoint Security
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 mitigation vendor advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-23714?
CVE-2022-23714 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-23714?
To fix CVE-2022-23714, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-23714 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-23714 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-23714?
CVE-2022-23714 affects Elastic Endpoint Security.
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