CVE-2022-3859 is an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in Trellix Agent for Windows, affecting versions prior to 5.7.8. An attacker with administrative access can exploit this by placing a malicious DLL in the restricted Windows System folder, leading to privilege escalation to System. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trellix:agent:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.