CVE-2021-3041

CVE-2021-3041 describes a local privilege escalation in the Windows agent of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR. The vulnerability allows an authenticated local user to run programs with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the user’s ability to create files in the Windows root directory or to manipulate k...

CVE-2021-3041

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables 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...