CVE-2022-46334CWE-269

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation

High · published December 21, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00171 · 6.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2022-12-21T20:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 DEC 20:05Z
    Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5