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GHSA-GVXW-2M7P-WC8H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:04 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:04

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A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This requires the user to have the privilege to create files in the Windows root directory or to manipulate key registry values. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.11; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.8; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.3; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.2 without content update release 171 or a later version.

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CVE-2021-3041 (GCVE-0-2021-3041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-10 12:33 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:01

Title

Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation

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-2021-3041	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.11 (custom) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.8 (custom) Affected: 7.2 , < 7.2.3 or without content update 171 or later (custom)

Date Public

2021-06-09 00:00

Credits

This issue was found by Robert McCallum of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.

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