Palo Alto Networks Product Security Incident Response TeamPA-CVE-2024-5907Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/SC:H/VI:L/SI:H/VA:N/SA:H/AU:N/U:Amber/R:U/V:D/RE:M
AI Score
Confidence
High
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Work around:
No work around available.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| software | cortex_xdr_agent | * | cpe:2.3:a:software:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/SC:H/VI:L/SI:H/VA:N/SA:H/AU:N/U:Amber/R:U/V:D/RE:M
AI Score
Confidence
High