CVE-2022-0015

Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jan 12, 2022
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 28, 2021

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

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	7.2.Not affected 7.3.Not affected 7.4.Not affected 7.5.Not affected 7.6.*Not affected 5.0 to before 5.0.12Affectedfrom 5.0.12Not affected 6.1 to before 6.1.9Affectedfrom 6.1.9Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015

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