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CVE-2022-0014

Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution When Using Live Terminal Session

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 7.2.4, 7.3.2, 5.0.12, 6.1.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables a local attacker with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to store a program that can then be unintentionally executed by another local user when that user utilizes a Live Terminal session. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.4; Cortex XDR agent 7.3 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.3.2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

    From 7.2 · fixed in 7.2.4; From 7.3 · fixed in 7.3.2; From 5.0 · fixed in 5.0.12; From 6.1 · fixed in 6.1.9

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com