Medium severity · published May 11, 2022
CVE-2022-0026
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation…
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex Xdr Agent · Paloaltonetworks
6.1; 6.1.4; 6.1.5; 6.1.5; 6.1.6; 6.1.7; +14 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0026
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0026
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0026
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