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ghsa-75q5-4hc3-3q65

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-11-30 09:30

Modified

2022-12-02 15:30

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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CVE-2022-3859 (GCVE-0-2022-3859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-11-30 08:29

Modified

2025-04-23 19:28

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE- 427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Summary

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.

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https://kcm.trellix.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10391

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Trellix	Trellix Agent	Version: 5.x <

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