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GHSA-26V6-WWWV-J4CC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-12 18:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:30

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.

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 16:29 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:25

Summary

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

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

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

vendor-advisory

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)

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Manuel Feifel of VUREX (InfoGuard AG) for discovering and reporting this issue.

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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

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