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FKIE_CVE-2022-0015

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-12 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	paloaltonetworks	cortex_xdr_agent	*
	paloaltonetworks	cortex_xdr_agent	*

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CVE-2022-0015 (GCVE-0-2022-0015)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-12 17:30 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:51

Title

Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Unaffected: 7.2.* Unaffected: 7.3.* Unaffected: 7.4.* Unaffected: 7.5.* Unaffected: 7.6.* Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.12 (custom) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.9 (custom)

Date Public

2022-01-12 00:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Xavier DANEST of Decathlon for discovering and reporting this issue.

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