CVE-2021-3042— Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation

Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation

A 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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent 代码问题漏洞

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent是马来西亚Palo Alto Networks公司的一个用于检测客户端设备安全性的客户端软件。 Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent 存在代码问题漏洞，该漏洞源于用户控制文件控制不当。经过身份验证的本地 Windows 用户利用该漏洞能够以系统权限执行程序。

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