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CVE-2021-22159

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Publication date:
26/01/2021
Last modified:
28/06/2022

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.4.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.5.0 (including) 7.5.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.6.0 (including) 7.6.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.7.0 (including) 7.7.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.8.0 (including) 7.8.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.9.0 (including) 7.9.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.10.0 (including) 7.10.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 7.11.0.0 (including) 7.11.0.25 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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