CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-0026

Improper Ownership Management

Published: May 11, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product assigns the wrong ownership, or does not properly verify the ownership, of an object or resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1-content_update330 (including) 6.1-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.4-content_update330 (including) 6.1.4-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.4-hotfix (including) 6.1.4-hotfix (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.5 (including) 6.1.5 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.5-content_update330 (including) 6.1.5-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.5-hotfix (including) 6.1.5-hotfix (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.6 (including) 6.1.6 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.6-content_update330 (including) 6.1.6-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.7 (including) 6.1.7 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.7-content_update330 (including) 6.1.7-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.8 (including) 6.1.8 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.8-content_update330 (including) 6.1.8-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.9 (including) 6.1.9 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 6.1.9-content_update330 (including) 6.1.9-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.1 (including) 7.4.1 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.1-content_update330 (including) 7.4.1-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.2 (including) 7.4.2 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.2-content_update330 (including) 7.4.2-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.3 (including) 7.4.3 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.3-content_update330 (including) 7.4.3-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.4 (including) 7.4.4 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.4.4-content_update330 (including) 7.4.4-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5 (including) 7.5 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.1 (including) 7.5.1 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.1-content_update330 (including) 7.5.1-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.2 (including) 7.5.2 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.2-content_update330 (including) 7.5.2-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.3 (including) 7.5.3 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.5.3-content_update330 (including) 7.5.3-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.6.1 (including) 7.6.1 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.6.1-content_update330 (including) 7.6.1-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.6.2 (including) 7.6.2 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.6.2-content_update330 (including) 7.6.2-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.7 (including) 7.7 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.7-content_update330 (including) 7.7-content_update330 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.7.1 (including) 7.7.1 (including)
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.7.1-content_update330 (including) 7.7.1-content_update330 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References