CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-22159

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-01-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
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