Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-0025
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 the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows. This issue does not impact other platforms or other versions of the Cortex XDR agent.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 18.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.7
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2022-0025
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.7.1
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-