CVE-2025-0112 (GCVE-0-2025-0112)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-19 23:44 – Updated: 2025-02-20 17:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent
Summary
A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative privileges to disable the agent. This vulnerability can also be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then perform malicious activity.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-20 17:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0112 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | Cortex XDR Agent |
Affected:
8.3-CE , < 8.3.101-CE
(custom)
Affected: 8.4.0 (custom) Affected: 8.5.0 , < 8.5.1 (custom) Unaffected: 8.6.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3:CE:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.4.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2025-02-12 17:00
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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