title: Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
description: A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.
problem types: CWE-282 Improper Ownership Management
affected:
{
platforms: Windows
product: Cortex XDR Agent
vendor: Palo Alto Networks
versions:
status: affected, version: 7.7.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 7.7.* with CU-330
status: affected, version: 7.6.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 7.6.* with CU-330
status: affected, version: 7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 7.5 CE 7.5.* with CU-330
status: affected, version: 7.4.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 7.4.* with CU-330
status: affected, version: 6.1.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 6.1.* with CU-330
status: affected, version: 7.5.* without CU-330
status: unaffected, version: 7.5.* with CU-330
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 6.7
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
exploits: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
solutions: This issue is fixed in all Cortex XDR agent versions with content update 330 and later content update versions.
workarounds: There are no known workarounds for this issue.