CVE-2020-2049

Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 9, 2020
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent on the Windows platform that allows an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This requires the user to have the privilege to create files in the Windows root directory. This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.1 with content update 149 and earlier versions; All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 with content update 149 and earlier versions.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cortex XDR AgentPalo Alto Networks	7.1.* with content update 150Not affected 7.1.* without content update 150Affected 7.2.* with content update 150Not affected 7.2.* without content update 150Affected
Cortex XDR AgentPalo Alto Networks	6.1.* with latest contentNot affected 7.0.* with latest contentNot affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2049

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