CVE-2022-35412
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDigital Guardian Agent 7.7.4.0042 allows an administrator (who ordinarily does not have a supported way to uninstall the product) to disable some of the agent functionality and then exfiltrate files to an external USB device.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDigital Guardian Agent 7.7.4.0042 contains a vulnerability where an administrator with elevated privileges can disable portions of the DLP agent's protection functionality and subsequently exfiltrate sensitive files to external USB storage devices. This represents a privilege abuse scenario where the trusted administrator role can bypass security controls intended to prevent data loss.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.7.4.0042CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Digital Guardian Agent installation and versionCheck the installed Digital Guardian Agent version using system inventory tools, registry keys, or the Digital Guardian management console. Look for version 7.7.4.0042 specifically.Affected if The installed version matches 7.7.4.0042 exactly.
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Confirm DLP agent protection statusQuery the Digital Guardian Agent status via its management console, command-line tool, or system service to determine if the protection functionality is currently enabled or has been recently disabled.Affected if The agent shows as disabled or reports a degraded protection status.
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Review agent configuration change logsExamine Digital Guardian audit logs, Windows Event Logs, or the agent's own logging system for events indicating administrative changes to the agent configuration, particularly attempts to disable protection modules.Affected if Logs show recent configuration changes made by an administrator that disabled protection features.
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Inspect USB device connection eventsReview Windows Event Logs (Microsoft-Windows-DriverFrameworks-UserMode/Operational) or Digital Guardian logs for USB mass storage device connection events occurring around the time of potential configuration changes.Affected if USB storage devices were connected to the system shortly after agent protection was modified.
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Check for file transfer to external USB devicesAnalyze Digital Guardian DLP logs or endpoint detection logs for evidence of file copy operations to connected USB mass storage devices, especially sensitive files.Affected if Logs show files were copied to USB storage after the agent protection was disabled.
A user is affected if Digital Guardian Agent version 7.7.4.0042 is installed AND the agent protection has been disabled by an administrator AND files were subsequently transferred to USB storage devices.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataOrganizations should review administrative access controls, implement stricter policies limiting admin ability to disable security agents, enable enhanced logging of agent configuration changes, and consider network-based controls to monitor or block unauthorized USB device usage.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-35412 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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