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GHSA-PJV3-5GRH-RMM4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:35 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:35

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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. This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.1 with content update 149 and earlier versions; All versions of Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 with content update 149 and earlier versions.

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CVE-2020-2049 (GCVE-0-2020-2049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-09 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:53

Title

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

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2049	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Unaffected: 7.1.* with content update 150 Affected: 7.1.* without content update 150 Unaffected: 7.2.* with content update 150 Affected: 7.2.* without content update 150
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Unaffected: 6.1.* with latest content Unaffected: 7.0.* with latest content

Date Public

2020-12-09 00:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Chris Au of PwC Hong Kong - Darklab and Xavier DANEST of Decathlon for discovering and reporting this issue.

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