CVE-2022-46334

Published Dec 21, 2022

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.
Source: security@proofpoint.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
security@proofpoint.com: CWE-269

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D8989910-63F8-4E56-AC31-F2FF3FAB1991",
            "versionEndIncluding": "8.19.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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