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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent7.1.* with content update 150 – 7.1.* with content update 150
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent7.1.* without content update 150 – 7.1.* without content update 150
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent7.2.* with content update 150 – 7.2.* with content update 150
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent7.2.* without content update 150 – 7.2.* without content update 150
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent6.1.* with latest content – 6.1.* with latest content
- Palo Alto Networks / Cortex XDR Agent7.0.* with latest content – 7.0.* with latest content