CVE-2024-5909

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent8.4.0unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent8.3.0unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent8.2.0 < 8.2.1affected
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent8.1.0 < 8.1.2affected
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent7.9-CE < 7.9.102-CEaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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