CVE-2024-5907
HIGHDescription
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.
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CVSS v3.1 Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| paloaltonetworks | cortex_xdr_agent |
| paloaltonetworks | cortex_xdr_agent |
| paloaltonetworks | cortex_xdr_agent |
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