CVE-2022-4326 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Trellix	Endpoint Security

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:trellix:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51679	Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.trellix.com/bundle/xagent_35-31-22_rn/page/UUID-73c848e7-6107-fe11-d83d-b17bd5b1449c.html

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2022-12-16T15:48:07.711Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T18:02:09.656Z

Reserved: 2022-12-07T08:38:53.100Z

Link: CVE-2022-4326

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:50.135Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-16T16:15:25.220

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:35:03.630

Link: CVE-2022-4326

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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