CVE-2021-22159: Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for…

PriorityP343high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.33%

24.9th percentile

Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows before 7.4.3, 7.5.4, 7.6.5, 7.7.5, 7.8.4, 7.9.3, 7.10.2, and 7.11.0.25 as well as versions 7.3 and earlier is missing authentication for a critical function, which allows a local authenticated Windows user to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Windows SYSTEM user. Agents for MacOS, Linux, and ITM Cloud are not affected.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	< 7.4.3	7.4.3
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.10.0 < 7.10.2	7.10.2
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.11.0.0 < 7.11.0.25	7.11.0.25
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.5.0 < 7.5.4	7.5.4
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.5	7.6.5
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.7.0 < 7.7.5	7.7.5
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.8.0 < 7.8.4	7.8.4
proofpoint	insider_threat_management	>= 7.9.0 < 7.9.3	7.9.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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