CVE-2022-46334 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) versions 8.19.0 and below, allowing a local "pps" user to gain root privileges due to excessive permissions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, but requires local access. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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