CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-3859

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2022-11-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-11-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

An uncontrolled search path vulnerability exists in Trellix Agent (TA) for Windows in versions prior to 5.7.8. This allows an attacker with admin access, which is required to place the DLL in the restricted Windows System folder, to elevate their privileges to System by placing a malicious DLL there.

Affected configurations

• trellix agent (< 5.7.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References