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

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

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

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.

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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