{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3042 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-3042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 15 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-3042 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-3042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 15 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3042 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3042/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-3042","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3042/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-3042","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6cmh-xrj8-pmc5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cortex XDR Agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local authenticated users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting improper file control in the Cortex XDR agent on Windows.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"palo_alto","cpe":[{"product":"cortex_xdr_agent","vendor":"paloaltonetworks"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-3042","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Prisma Cloud: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Prisma Cloud Compute Web Console","id":"CVE-2021-3043"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2021-3041"},"products":["Cortex XDR Agent"],"published":"2021-07-15","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0015","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-12"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2021-3041","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-06-10"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2020-2049","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-12-09"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent","id":"CVE-2024-5909","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-12"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0025","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0026","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["Palo Alto Networks"]},"summary":"Local authenticated users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting improper file control in the Cortex XDR agent on Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3042/"}