PT-2022-12952 · Palo Alto Networks · Cortex Xdr Agent

Xavier Danest · Published 2022-01-12 · Updated 2022-01-19 · CVE-2022-0015

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent versions prior to 5.0.12 Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent versions prior to 6.1.9

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent, allowing an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.12, update to version 5.0.12 or later. For versions prior to 6.1.9, update to version 6.1.9 or later.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-0015

Affected Products

Cortex Xdr Agent

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0015 · Security Note
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25321 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/35341 · Telegram Post