High severity · published Jun 12, 2024
CVE-2024-5907
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
7.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex XDR Agent · Palo Alto Networks
7.9-CE before 7.9.102-CE; 8.1.0; 8.2.0 before 8.2.3; 8.3.0 before 8.3.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5907
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5907
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907
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