CVE-2022-0026

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
palo_altoCNA
6.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 17%
VendorProductVersion
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.4:hotfix
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.5
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.5:hotfix
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.6
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.7
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.8
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
6.1.9
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.4.1
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.4.2
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.4.3
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.4.4
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.5
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.5.1
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.5.2
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.5.3
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.6.1
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.6.2
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.7
paloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent
7.7.1
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= Vulnerable software versions