{"id":"CVE-2024-5907","title":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges","summary":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exp…","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"cortex_xdr_agent","affected":["cortex_xdr_agent >= 7.9, < 7.9.102","cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.1, < 8.2.3","cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.3, < 8.3.1"],"patched":["cortex_xdr_agent 8.3.1"],"published":"2024-06-12","updated":"2026-11-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-03T22:17:28.937","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5907","references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907","label":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0013,"epssPercentile":0.02678,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T06:38:03.567Z","slug":"CVE-2024-5907","body":"## Overview\n\nA privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `cortex_xdr_agent >= 7.9, < 7.9.102`\n- `cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.1, < 8.2.3`\n- `cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.3, < 8.3.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `cortex_xdr_agent 8.3.1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}