CVE-2025-0121 (GCVE-0-2025-0121)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-11 01:45 – Updated: 2025-04-11 16:02
VLAI?
Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent
Summary
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| Palo Alto Networks | Cortex XDR Agent |
Unaffected:
8.7.0 , < 6.3.3
(custom)
Affected: 8.6.0 , < 8.6.1 (custom) Affected: 8.5.0 , < 8.5.2 (custom) Affected: 8.3-CE , < 8.3.101-CE HF (custom) Affected: 7.9-CE , < 7.9.103-CE HF (custom) cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.101-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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