CVE-2024-5907 (GCVE-0-2024-5907)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 16:26 – Updated: 2026-11-04 16:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Summary
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-14 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | Cortex XDR Agent |
Affected:
7.9-CE , < 7.9.102-CE
(custom)
Affected: 8.1.0 Affected: 8.2.0 , < 8.2.3 (custom) Affected: 8.3.0 , < 8.3.1 (custom) Unaffected: 8.4.0 |
guessed |
Date Public
2024-06-12 07:00
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