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.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0025	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 May 2022, 15:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Microsoft Paloaltonetworks cortex Xdr Agent Paloaltonetworks Microsoft windows
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent::::::::
CWE		CWE-427
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 6.7
References	~~(MISC) https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0025 -~~	(MISC) https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0025 - Vendor Advisory

11 May 2022, 17:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-05-11 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:22

NVD link : CVE-2022-0025

Mitre link : CVE-2022-0025

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-0025

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

paloaltonetworks

cortex_xdr_agent

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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