Local privilege escalation via root-directory file placement
Published May 11, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent without content update 330 allows local users to run elevated programs. Palo Alto Networks has not disclosed which privileged agent component selects or launches a program placed in the Windows root directory. Exploitation requires an authenticated user who can create a file directly under a Windows root directory and results in code execution with elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent without content update 330 allows local users to run elevated programs. Palo Alto Networks has not disclosed which privileged agent component selects or launches a program placed in the Windows root directory. Exploitation requires an authenticated user who can create a file directly under a Windows root directory and results in code execution with elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-0026
- Published
- May 11, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- Cortex XDR Agent
- Classifications
- CWE-282
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.1.* without CU-330
- Affected versionversion=7.4.* without CU-330
- Affected versionversion=7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330
- Affected versionversion=7.5.* without CU-330
- Affected versionversion=7.6.* without CU-330
- Affected versionversion=7.7.* without CU-330
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