Headline
CVE-2022-0026: CVE-2022-0026 Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
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.
Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2022-0026
Attack Vector LOCAL
Scope UNCHANGED
Attack Complexity LOW
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Privileges Required HIGH
Integrity Impact HIGH
User Interaction NONE
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2022-05-11
Updated 2022-05-11
Reference CPATR-13696 and CPATR-13873
Discovered externally
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.
Product Status
Versions
Affected
Unaffected
Cortex XDR Agent 7.5 CE
7.5.* without CU-330 on Windows
7.5.* with CU-330 on Windows
Cortex XDR Agent 7.7
7.7.* without CU-330 on Windows
7.7.* with CU-330 on Windows
Cortex XDR Agent 7.6
7.6.* without CU-330 on Windows
7.6.* with CU-330 on Windows
Cortex XDR Agent 7.5
7.5.* without CU-330 on Windows
7.5.* with CU-330 on Windows
Cortex XDR Agent 7.4
7.4.* without CU-330 on Windows
7.4.* with CU-330 on Windows
Cortex XDR Agent 6.1
6.1.* without CU-330 on Windows
6.1.* with CU-330 on Windows
Severity:MEDIUM
CVSSv3.1 Base Score:6.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
Weakness Type
CWE-282 Improper Ownership Management
Solution
This issue is fixed in all Cortex XDR agent versions with content update 330 and later content update versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Acknowledgments
Palo Alto Networks thanks Xavier DANEST of Decathlon and Yasser Alhazmi for discovering and reporting this issue.
Timeline
2022-05-11 Initial publication