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High severity · published Jan 12, 2022
CVE-2022-0015
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex Xdr Agent · Paloaltonetworks
5.0 before 5.0.12; 6.1 before 6.1.9 · source: NVD
Affected product
CX
Cortex Xdr Agent
Paloaltonetworks
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0015
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015
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