Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2022-0026Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cortex XDR Agent from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	7.7.* without CU-3307.6.* without CU-3307.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-3307.4.* without CU-330

Weakness: CWE-282 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0026 x_refsource_MISC