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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2022-0015

Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
palo_alto

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. 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.

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

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

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