CVE-2023-0002

MEDIUM

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR < - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WRITEUP

rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/spec/support/shared/examples/msf/db_manager/vuln.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 32.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-693

Status published

Products (2)

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent 5.0 - 5.0.12.22203

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent 7.5 - 7.5.101

Published Feb 08, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026