CVE-2022-0015 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00166.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Paloaltonetworks	Cortex Xdr Agent

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent::::::::
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Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12, Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9, and all later Cortex XDR agent versions.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2022-01-12T17:30:20.503695Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:51:40.031Z

Reserved: 2021-12-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0015

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-12T18:15:08.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:49.263

Link: CVE-2022-0015

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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