Low Privileged User Can Disable Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent on Windows Devices
CVE-2024-5909

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks
Status
Cortex Xdr Agent
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 June 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2024-5909?

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low privileged local Windows user to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

Affected Version(s)

Cortex XDR Agent Windows 8.2.0 < 8.2.1

Cortex XDR Agent Windows 8.1.0 < 8.1.2

Cortex XDR Agent Windows 7.9-CE < 7.9.102-CE

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5909
vendor-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

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