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CVE-2022-0026

MEDIUM
Published 2022-05-11T16:30:25.746724Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.207
Higher than 20.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

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

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.

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:

7.7.* without CU-330 7.7.* with CU-330 7.6.* without CU-330 7.6.* with CU-330 7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330 7.5 CE 7.5.* with CU-330 7.4.* without CU-330 7.4.* with CU-330 6.1.* without CU-330 6.1.* with CU-330 7.5.* without CU-330 7.5.* with CU-330

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-q2c9-rxg9-v5jf

Advisory Details

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0026
WEB https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0026

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 12, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0026
Published: 2022-05-11T16:30:25.746724Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:26:10.764Z
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