CVE-2024-8690

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/09/2024

Last modified:

15/10/2024

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.60 MEDIUM
Vector: 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

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

Base Score 4.0

5.60

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

4.40

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102::::critical_environment:::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690