CVE-2022-0026
Medium
Description
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 Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
Product
Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent
PublishedMay 11, 2022
First seenMay 11, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-282CWE-282
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent | 6.1, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 7.7, 7.7.1 | — |
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