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GHSA-CRR6-98CQ-P482

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-11 04:19 – Updated: 2025-04-11 04:19

Details

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it.

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

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  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:19:27Z",
  "published": "2025-04-11T04:19:26Z",
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CVE-2025-0121 (GCVE-0-2025-0121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-11 01:45 – Updated: 2025-04-11 16:02

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-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0121

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Unaffected: 8.7.0 , < 6.3.3 (custom) Affected: 8.6.0 , < 8.6.1 (custom) Affected: 8.5.0 , < 8.5.2 (custom) Affected: 8.3-CE , < 8.3.101-CE HF (custom) Affected: 7.9-CE , < 7.9.103-CE HF (custom) cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.6.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3-CE:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9-CE:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.101-CE:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102-CE:-::::::

Credits

adcisseckilled

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GHSA-CRR6-98CQ-P482

CVE-2025-0121 (GCVE-0-2025-0121)

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