CVE-2021-3042

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3042
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-15 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-27 14:56:00 UTC
DescriptionA local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability requires the user to have file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\). This issue impacts: All versions of Cortex XDR agent 6.1 without content update 181 or a later version; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.2 without content update 181 or a later version; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.3 without content update 181 or a later version. Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions are not impacted by this issue. Content updates are required to resolve this issue and are automatically applied for the agent.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent 6.1 - All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent 7.2 - All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent 7.2 content_update149 All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent 7.2 content_update150 All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent 7.3 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-3042 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation MISC security.paloaltonetworks.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks Xavier DANEST of Decathlon for discovering and reporting this issue.

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