Palo Alto Networks Product Security Incident Response TeamPA-CVE-2024-5909Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/SC:N/VI:N/SI:N/VA:H/SA:N/AU:N/U:Amber/R:U/V:D/RE:M
AI Score
Confidence
Low
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.
Work around:
No work around available.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| software | cortex_xdr_agent | * | cpe:2.3:a:software:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/SC:N/VI:N/SI:N/VA:H/SA:N/AU:N/U:Amber/R:U/V:D/RE:M
AI Score
Confidence
Low