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Medium severity · published Sep 8, 2021
CVE-2021-3049
An improper authorization vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR server enables an authenticated network-based attacker with investigation read permissions to…
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper authorization vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR server enables an authenticated network-based attacker with investigation read permissions to download files from incident investigations of which they are aware but are not a part of. This issue impacts: All Cortex XSOAR 5.5.0 builds; Cortex XSOAR 6.1.0 builds earlier than 12099345. This issue does not impact Cortex XSOAR 6.2.0 versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex Xsoar · Paloaltonetworks
5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; +5 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CX
Cortex Xsoar
Paloaltonetworks
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3049
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3049
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3049
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