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CVE-2023-3282 — A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system enables a local attacker to execute programs with elevated privileges if the attacker has shell access to the engine.

CVSS
6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
3.00% (top 93.20%)
CWE
CWE-732
Published
2023-11-08T17:22:58.976Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T06:48:08.442Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system enables a local attacker to execute programs with elevated privileges if the attacker has shell access to the engine.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XSOAR6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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