CVE-2024-5909CWE-269

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent

Medium · published June 12, 2024

CVSS v4.0
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.8 · 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
EPSS
0.00410 · 34.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2024-06-12T16:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 16:29Z
    Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent
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