CVE-2021-22159 Information

Description

Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows before 7.4.3 7.5.4 7.6.5 7.7.5 7.8.4 7.9.3 7.10.2 and 7.11.0.25 as well as versions 7.3 and earlier is missing authentication for a critical function which allows a local authenticated Windows user to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Windows SYSTEM user. Agents for MacOS Linux and ITM Cloud are not affected.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0001 https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8