CVE-2022-4326 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-4326

Trellix xAgent permission bypass vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Matt DePaepe
  • Matt Espy

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xAgent
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 16th, 2022
Last Modified: April 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-281

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.