CVE-2022-3859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00613.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Trellix	Agent

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:trellix:agent:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43199	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2022-11-30T08:29:29.242Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:28:30.917Z

Reserved: 2022-11-04T09:51:23.470Z

Link: CVE-2022-3859

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-30T09:15:08.977

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:20:22.817

Link: CVE-2022-3859

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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