CVE-2024-5909 (GCVE-0-2024-5909)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 16:29 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:25
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Unaffected: 8.4.0
Unaffected: 8.3.0
Affected: 8.2.0 , < 8.2.1 (custom)
Affected: 8.1.0 , < 8.1.2 (custom)
Affected: 7.9-CE , < 7.9.102-CE (custom)
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Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Manuel Feifel of VUREX (InfoGuard AG) for discovering and reporting this issue.
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