CVE-2024-5907 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5907: Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product Cortex XDR Agent
Weakness CWE-269
Published June 12, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated