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A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: All versions of the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows. This issue does not impact other platforms or other versions of the Cortex XDR agent.
Use CWE-427, Paloaltonetworks vendor hub and Cortex Xdr Agent product page to widen CVE-2022-0025 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.
Compare it with CVE-2022-0015, CVE-2024-5909 and CVE-2022-0026 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.