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CVE-2022-0015

Published: Jan 12, 2022

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

unaffected
7.2.*
unaffected
7.3.*
unaffected
7.4.*
unaffected
7.5.*
unaffected
7.6.*

+2 more versions

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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