CVE-2021-22159 describes a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows. Specifically, certain versions of the Windows agent lack proper authentication for a critical function, allowing a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring only local user privileges to achieve 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 surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 7.5.0, < 7.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 7.6.0, < 7.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 7.7.0, < 7.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 7.8.0, < 7.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:insider_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
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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