Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2022· Updated Apr 15, 2025

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation

CVE-2022-46334

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.

Affected products

Proofpoint/Enterprise Protectioncpe-rescue
Range: 8.*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2022-0004mitre

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