CVE-2022-0025

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 the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows. This issue does not impact other platforms or other versions of the Cortex XDR agent.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2022-0025

• Assigner
• psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2022-05-11T17:15:09

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-05-23T15:31:49

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• COMPLETE

• Integrity Impact
• COMPLETE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 7.2

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 10

• Version
• 3.1

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

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• HIGH

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 6.7

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 0.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9