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.
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortex_xdr_agent | Paloaltonetworks | 7.9 (including) | 7.9.102 (excluding) |
| Cortex_xdr_agent | Paloaltonetworks | 8.1 (including) | 8.2.3 (excluding) |
| Cortex_xdr_agent | Paloaltonetworks | 8.3 (including) | 8.3.1 (excluding) |