CVE-2025-0121

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

11/04/2025

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: 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

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Automatable (AU): No
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0

6.80

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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