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ghsa-vfc6-3mw5-mv5q

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-12 00:01

Modified

2022-05-24 00:01

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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cve-2022-0025

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-05-11 16:30

Modified

2024-09-17 02:42

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0025	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent

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