Medium severity · published Nov 9, 2022
CVE-2022-0031
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell…
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell access to the engine to execute programs with elevated privileges.
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)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex Xsoar · Paloaltonetworks
6.5.0; 6.5.0; 6.5.0; 6.6.0; 6.6.0; 6.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0031
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0031
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