CVE-2022-0015 Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

CVE-2022-0015 Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

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.

Product Status

Severity: HIGH

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Exploitation Status

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

Weakness Type

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Solution

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12, Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9, and all later Cortex XDR agent versions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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