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ghsa-9wj2-6hv9-fwwp

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-02-20 00:32

Modified

2025-02-20 00:32

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

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-02-20T00:32:05Z",
  "published": "2025-02-20T00:32:05Z",
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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

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https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0112

vendor-advisory

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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