CVE-2024-8690CWE-440

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent

Medium · published September 11, 2024

CVSS v4.0
5.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.6 · 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
EPSS
0.00188 · 8.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-440 · Expected Behavior Violation
Published
2024-09-11T16:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 16:42Z
    Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent
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