CVE-2022-0026
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-0026 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-05-11 17:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-12-09 18:12:00 UTC |
| Description | A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Content Update330 | 7.5 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.4 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.5 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.6 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.7 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.8 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.9 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.1 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.2 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.3 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.4 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.1 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.2 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.3 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.6.1 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.6.2 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.7 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.7.1 | content_update330 | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.4 | hotfix | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.5 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.5 | hotfix | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.6 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.7 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.8 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 6.1.9 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.1 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.2 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.3 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.4.4 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.1 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.2 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.5.3 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.6.1 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.6.2 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.7 | - | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Cortex Xdr Agent | 7.7.1 | - | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-0026 Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability | 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 and Yasser Alhazmi for discovering and reporting this issue.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.