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        "TITLE": "Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability"
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            "value": "Palo Alto Networks thanks Xavier DANEST of Decathlon for discovering and reporting this issue."
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                "value": "A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. 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."
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            "value": "This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12, Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9, and all later Cortex XDR agent versions."
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