FKIE_CVE-2022-0014

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-12 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19
Severity
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables a local attacker with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to store a program that can then be unintentionally executed by another local user when that user utilizes a Live Terminal session. 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; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.4; Cortex XDR agent 7.3 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.3.2.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0014Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0014Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent *
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent *
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent *
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent *
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