CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-22159
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows before 7.4.3, 7.5.4, 7.6.5, 7.7.5, 7.8.4, 7.9.3, 7.10.2, and 7.11.0.25 as well as versions 7.3 and earlier is missing authentication for a critical function, which allows a local authenticated Windows user to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Windows SYSTEM user. Agents for MacOS, Linux, and ITM Cloud are not affected.
Affected configurations
• proofpoint insider threat management (< 7.4.3)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.5.0 < 7.5.4)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.5)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.7.0 < 7.7.5)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.8.0 < 7.8.4)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.9.0 < 7.9.3)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.10.0 < 7.10.2)
• proofpoint insider threat management (>= 7.11.0.0 < 7.11.0.25)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories Vendor Advisory
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0001 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories Vendor Advisory
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0001 Vendor Advisory