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.

References (1)

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-693

Status published

Affected Products (2)

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent < 5.0.12.22203

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent < 7.5.101

Timeline

Published Feb 08, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026