01 Record
CVE-2022-0012
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score6.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
02 Description
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-01-12 17:30Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-28
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5709bff968283707bc01260cea6481bc2489d8e5073c854f224ac5d5b2a72fc2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent5.0 to < 5.0.12, 7.2 to < 7.2.4, 7.3 to < 7.3.2, 6.1 to < 6.1.9Windows
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0012
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12, Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9, Cortex XDR agent 7.2.4, Cortex XDR agent 7.3.2, and all later Cortex XDR agent versions.