CVE-2022-0025: medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.7epss 0.2%
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 the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows. This issue does not impact other platforms or other versions of the Cortex XDR agent.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR AgentRelated CVEs — Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-5909MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the AgentEPSS 0.4%CVE-2020-2049HIGHCortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalationEPSS 0.3%CVE-2023-3280MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the AgentEPSS 0.3%CVE-2020-2020MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Exceptional condition denial-of-service (DoS)EPSS 0.3%CVE-2022-0014MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution When Using Live Terminal SessionEPSS 0.3%CVE-2021-3042HIGHCortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege EscalationEPSS 0.2%