CVE-2022-43997

Incorrect access control in Aternity agent in Riverbed Aternity before 12.1.4.27 allows for local privilege escalation. There is an insufficiently protected handle to the A180AG.exe SYSTEM process with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS rights.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 25th percentile

Published

2023-01-25

Updated

2025-04-01

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://winternl.com/cve-2022-43997/

Security advisories

• https://gist.github.com/jackullrich/21fcfe75aeb5e18c60b80e684b83d741
• https://winternl.com/cve-2022-43997

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry