CVE-2022-43997 describes an incorrect access control vulnerability in the Aternity agent, affecting Riverbed Aternity versions prior to 12.1.4.27. This flaw allows for local privilege escalation due to an insufficiently protected handle to the A180AG.exe SYSTEM process with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS rights. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.1.4.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aternity:aternity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.