CVE-2021-44049 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) versions up to 11.5.3.328. An attacker can exploit this by placing a malicious Procmon64.exe in the user's Temp directory, allowing them to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.3.328, < 11.5.4.355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:endpoint_privilege_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.3.328, < 11.5.4.500CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:endpoint_privilege_manager:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.