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CVE-2024-5907: palo alto networks cortex xdr agent Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.0v3.1HighModified
Published 12-06-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-5907 is a high (CVSS 7.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in palo alto networks cortex xdr agent. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Palo alto networks1 product
  • cortex xdr agent≥ 7.9-CE, < 7.9.102-CE | 8.1.0 | ≥ 8.2.0, < 8.2.3 | ≥ 8.3.0, < 8.3.1
Paloaltonetworks1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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