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ghsa-55pm-78cq-2wj2

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-02-08 18:30

Modified

2023-02-18 21:30

Severity ?

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

Details

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

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cve-2023-0002

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-02-08 17:21

Modified

2024-08-02 04:54

Severity ?

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

Summary

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR agent

Version: 7.5 < 7.5.101-CE
Version: 5.0 < 5.0.12.22203

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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