Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation

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.

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