CVE-2023-0002 (GCVE-0-2023-0002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-08 17:21 – Updated: 2025-03-25 13:57
VLAI
Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User
Summary
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent Unaffected: 7.9 All
Unaffected: 7.8 All
Affected: 7.5 , < 7.5.101-CE (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.12.22203 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-02-08 17:00
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Fernando Romero de la Morena and Robert McCallum (M42D) for discovering and reporting this issue.
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