CVE-2024-5907
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 7.9.102-CE, 8.2.3, 8.3.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
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 exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Timeline
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
From 7.9-CE · fixed in 7.9.102-CE; From 8.2.0 · fixed in 8.2.3; From 8.3.0 · fixed in 8.3.1