CVE-2025-0112

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/02/2025

Last modified:

20/02/2025

Description

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative privileges to disable the agent. This vulnerability can also be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then perform malicious activity.

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:Y/R:U/V:D/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:Y/R:U/V:D/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): Yes
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Diffuse
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-2025-0112