Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution When Using Live Terminal Session
CVE-2022-0014

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Status
Cortex Xdr Agent
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 January 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

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.

Affected Version(s)

Cortex XDR Agent 7.2 < 7.2.4

Cortex XDR Agent 7.3 < 7.3.2

Cortex XDR Agent 5.0 < 5.0.12

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0014
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was found by Robert McCallum of Palo Alto Networks during an internal security review.
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