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CVE-2020-2049

Published: Dec 9, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent on the Windows platform that allows an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This requires the user to have the privilege to create files in the Windows root directory. This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.1 with content update 149 and earlier versions; All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 with content update 149 and earlier versions.

VendorProductVersions

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

unaffected
7.1.* with content update 150
affected
7.1.* without content update 150
unaffected
7.2.* with content update 150
affected
7.2.* without content update 150

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

unaffected
6.1.* with latest content
unaffected
7.0.* with latest content

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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