VDB-232484 · CVE-2023-2818 · GCVE-0-2023-2818

Proofpoint ITM Agent up to 7.14.2 on Windows Insider Threat Management Agent permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Proofpoint ITM Agent up to 7.14.2 on Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component Insider Threat Management Agent. Such manipulation leads to permissions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-2818. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Proofpoint ITM Agent up to 7.14.2 on Windows and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Insider Threat Management Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-281. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An insecure filesystem permission in the Insider Threat Management Agent for Windows enables local unprivileged users to disrupt agent monitoring. All versions prior to 7.14.3 are affected. Agents for MacOS and Linux and Cloud are unaffected.

The weakness was shared 06/28/2023. The advisory is shared for download at proofpoint.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-2818 since 05/19/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 7.14.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Proofpoint

Name

ITM Agent

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Proofpoint Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permissions
CWE: CWE-281 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: ITM Agent 7.14.3

Timelineinfo

05/19/2023 🔍
06/27/2023 +39 days 🔍
06/28/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/28/2023 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: proofpoint.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-2818 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2818
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-232484

Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2023 00:26
Changes: 06/28/2023 00:26 (51)
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Cache ID: 216::103