CVE-2022-46334 (GCVE-0-2022-46334)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-21 20:05
Modified
2025-04-15 18:37
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Proofpoint enterprise_protection Version: 8.*    8.19.0
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