CVE-2022-4326
Trellix xAgent permission bypass vulnerability
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Trellix xAgent permission bypass vulnerability
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.
- Record
CVE-2022-4326- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-51679
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.
- Record
EUVD-2022-51679- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4x8j-29x3-246v
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to...
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.
- Record
GHSA-4x8j-29x3-246v- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Trellix Endpoint Agent (xAgent) prior to V35.31.22 on Windows allows a local user with administrator privileges to bypass the product protection to uninstall the agent via incorrectly applied permissions in the removal protection functionality.
- Record
CVE-2022-4326- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-4326 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openbmb Xagent, published December 16, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.