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CVE-2022-0015

HIGH
Published 2022-01-12T17:30:20.503695Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.384
Higher than 38.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR Agent

Affected Versions:

7.2.* 7.3.* 7.4.* 7.5.* 7.6.* 5.0 6.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-68c7-78j8-wc59

Advisory Details

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0015
WEB https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 13, 2022, Modified: January 20, 2022

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015
Published: 2022-01-12T17:30:20.503695Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T02:51:40.031Z
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