CVSS 3.1
7.1 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HCVE-2022-0012
High (7.1) in paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An improper link resolution before file access vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables a local user to delete arbitrary system files and impact the system integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.4; Cortex XDR agent 7.3 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.3.2.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent