certfr_avis - certfr-2022-avi-824

CERTFR-2022-AVI-824

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans PaloAlto Cortex XDR Agent. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Solution

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None

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Cortex XDR Agent versions 7.7.x antérieures à 7.7.3 sur Windows
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Cortex XDR Agent versions 5.0.x antérieures à 5.0.12-hotfix sur Windows
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Cortex XDR Agent versions 7.5.x CE antérieures à 7.5.101-CE sur Windows

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2022-0029 (GCVE-0-2022-0029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-09-14 16:35

Modified

2025-06-04 15:08

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Summary

An improper link resolution vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local attacker to read files on the system with elevated privileges when generating a tech support file.

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0029

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

Version: 7.7   < 7.7.3
Version: 7.5 CE   < 7.5.101-CE
Version: 5.0   < 5.0.12-hotfix update

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

Patch: 7.7.3   < 7.7*
Patch: 7.5.101-CE   < 7.5 CE*
Patch: 5.0.12-hotfix update   < 5.0*

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