CVE-2025-0112 (GCVE-0-2025-0112)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-19 23:44
Modified
2025-02-20 17:23
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Summary
A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative privileges to disable the agent. This vulnerability can also be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then perform malicious activity.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Version: 8.3-CE   < 8.3.101-CE
Version: 8.4.0   <
Version: 8.5.0   < 8.5.1
Patch: 8.6.0
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3:CE:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.4.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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