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ghsa-26v6-wwwv-j4cc

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-06-12 18:30

Modified

2024-08-07 18:30

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2024-08-07T18:30:39Z",
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cve-2024-5909

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-06-12 16:29

Modified

2024-08-01 21:25

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

Summary

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent

References

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

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent

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