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ghsa-r35v-jh35-pg4q

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-10-09 18:31

Modified

2024-10-15 18:30

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/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 issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

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  "modified": "2024-10-15T18:30:49Z",
  "published": "2024-10-09T18:31:43Z",
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CVE-2024-9469 (GCVE-0-2024-9469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-10-09 17:05

Modified

2024-10-18 11:55

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/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 issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9469

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Version: 7.9 < 7.9.102-CE Version: 8.3 < 8.3.1 Version: 8.4 < 8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.4.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9-CE:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.101-CE:-::::::

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