CVE-2024-8690 (GCVE-0-2024-8690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-11 16:42 – Updated: 2024-09-11 18:24
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Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.6 (Medium)
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
CWE
  • CWE-440 - Expected Behavior Violation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Unaffected: 8.5
Unaffected: 8.4
Unaffected: 8.3
Unaffected: 8.3-CE
Unaffected: 8.2
Affected: 7.9.102-CE
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Credits
Ayman Sagy of CyberCX
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