CVE-2022-23714 is a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, allowing unprivileged users to gain LocalSystem privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.13.0, <= 7.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.