CVE-2024-5907High· 7.0▾ TwilightA 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…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 38.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
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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 exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
cortex_xdr_agent >= 7.9, < 7.9.102cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.1, < 8.2.3cortex_xdr_agent >= 8.3, < 8.3.1Upgrade past the affected range:
cortex_xdr_agent 8.3.1Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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