Cortex XDR Agent Windows PE via Race Condition
CVE-2024-5907 Published on June 12, 2024
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-5907 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Timeline
Initial publication
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-5907
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Affected Versions
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent:- Version 7.9-CE and below 7.9.102-CE is affected.
- Version 8.1.0 is affected.
- Version 8.2.0 and below 8.2.3 is affected.
- Version 8.3.0 and below 8.3.1 is affected.
- Version 8.4.0 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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