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CVE-2024-5907

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2024 at 04:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Agent

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cortex XDR Agent· Palo Alto Networks
95%
7.9 ≤ v < 7.9.1027.9-CE ≤ v < 7.9.102-CE8.1 ≤ v < 8.2.38.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.38.3 ≤ v < 8.3.18.3.0 ≤ v < 8.3.17.9-CE8.1.08.2.08.3.0
Affected range stops below 7.9.102, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.9.102-CE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.4.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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