CVE-2022-0026: Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR Agent
Vendor fix available · Affected: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 13% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR Agent7.7.* without CU-330; 7.6.* without CU-330; 7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330; 7.4.* without CU-330; 6.1.* without CU-330; 7.5.* without CU-330
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Published
- May 2022
CoverageNo articles yet
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