A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent on the Windows platform that allows an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This requires the user to have the privilege to create files in the Windows root directory. This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.1 with content update 149 and earlier versions; All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 with content update 149 and earlier versions.
Fixes

Solution

Cortex XDR Agent content update version 150 and all later content update versions resolve this issue for Cortex XDR Agent 7.1 and Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 versions. Cortex XDR Agent 6.1 and Cortex XDR Agent 7.0 are not impacted with the latest content update. Content updates are automatically applied for the agent. A Cortex XDR Agent version upgrade is not required to resolve this issue.


Workaround

This issue is mitigated by preventing local authenticated Windows users from creating files in the Windows root directory such as C:\.

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

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Updated: 2024-09-17T02:53:03.084Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-2049

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-09T18:15:10.817

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:24:33.057

Link: CVE-2020-2049

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