A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability requires the user to have file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\). This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR agent 6.1 without content update 181 or a later version; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.2 without content update 181 or a later version; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.3 without content update 181 or a later version. Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions are not impacted by this issue. Content updates are required to resolve this issue and are automatically applied for the agent.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3042 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
27 Jul 2021, 14:56
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| References | (MISC) https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3042 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CWE | CWE-427 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.2:content_update150:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.2:content_update149:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 7.8 |
15 Jul 2021, 17:21
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2021-07-15 17:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55
NVD link : CVE-2021-3042
Mitre link : CVE-2021-3042
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-3042
JSON object : View
Products Affected
microsoft
- windows
paloaltonetworks
- cortex_xdr_agent
CWE
CWE-427
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