CVE-2024-5907 — Improper Privilege Management in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR AgentPaloaltonetworks Cortex XDR AgentPaloalto Cortex XDR Agent
Timeline
PublishedJun 12

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpaloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent7.9 — 7.9.102+2
▶CVEListV5palo_alto_networks/cortex_xdr_agent7.9-CE — 7.9.102-CE+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability↗2024-06-12
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GHSA
GHSA-vh98-48jw-fxwj: A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with↗2024-06-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Palo Alto
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability↗2024-06-12
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2023-52651 kernel: wifi: ath10k: fix NULL pointer dereference in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev()↗2024-05-01
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