5.2
Medium
CVE-2024-5907 Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Description
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.
CVSS 4.0 detail
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:AmberExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; the impact on data or service is limited.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
- Confidentiality of other systems
- High
- Integrity of other systems
- High
- Availability of other systems
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Cortex XDR Agent 8.4 | earliest → < 8.4.0 | 8.4.0 |
| Cortex XDR Agent 8.3 | 8.3.0 → < 8.3.1 | 8.3.1 |
| Cortex XDR Agent 8.2 | 8.2.0 → < 8.2.3 | 8.2.3 |
| Cortex XDR Agent | 8.1.0 | No fix stated |
| Cortex XDR Agent 7.9 | 7.9-CE → < 7.9.102-CE | 7.9.102-CE |
Other CVEs of Cortex XDR Agent
The 24 CVEs of Cortex XDR Agent →
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CVE-2025-0121
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6.8
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CVE-2025-0112
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6.8
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