CVE-2022-46334

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Local Privilege Escalation

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

Proofpoint · enterprise_protection

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

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 6th percentile

Published

2022-12-21

Updated

2025-04-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• ly1g3/proofpoint-Messaging-exploit-chain11★ · 2026-07-07

Security advisories

• https://www.proofpoint.com/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2022-0004

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-31138
• CVE-2022-31245
• CVE-2022-35131
• CVE-2022-35132
• CVE-2022-36880
• CVE-2022-46332