CVE-2024-5907 Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
A local user can exploit a race condition in the Cortex XDR agent on Windows to execute programs with elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5907?
CVE-2024-5907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 12 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5907?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5907?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5907 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-5907 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5907 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- CVE-2022-0015 Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-3042 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-3041 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation
- CVE-2020-2049 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation
- CVE-2024-5909 Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vh98-48jw-fxwj.