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ghsa-54r2-w853-7rgw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-09-11 18:31

Modified

2024-10-03 03:31

Severity ?

4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Details

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges 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": "2024-10-03T03:31:10Z",
  "published": "2024-09-11T18:31:08Z",
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cve-2024-8690

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-09-11 16:42

Modified

2024-09-11 18:24

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Summary

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent

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