CVE-2024-5909
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
12/06/2024
Last modified:
07/08/2024
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:critical_environment:windows:*:* | 7.9 (including) | 7.9.102 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | 8.1 (including) | 8.1.2 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | 8.2 (including) | 8.2.1 (excluding) |
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