CVE-2022-46334 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.

Published: 2022-12-21

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Proofpoint

enterprise_protection

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.*`	affected	≤ 8.19.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49151	Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00034.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2022-0004

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Proofpoint

Published: 2022-12-21T20:05:38.584Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T18:37:56.365Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T16:10:15.065Z

Link: CVE-2022-46334

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.379Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-21T21:15:09.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:30:24.627

Link: CVE-2022-46334

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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