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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.7 Medium

CVE-2022-0014

Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution When Using Live Terminal Session

Description

An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables a local attacker with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to store a program that can then be unintentionally executed by another local user when that user utilizes a Live Terminal session. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.4; Cortex XDR agent 7.3 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.3.2.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

  • 7.4.*unaffected
  • 7.5.*unaffected
  • 7.6.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to < 7.2.4affected
  • 7.3 to < 7.3.2affected
  • 5.0 to < 5.0.12affected
  • 6.1 to < 6.1.9affected

References