CVE-2024-8690 — Expected Behavior Violation in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

CWE-440 — Expected Behavior Violation4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR AgentPaloaltonetworks Cortex XDR AgentPaloalto Cortex XDR Agent
Timeline
PublishedSep 11

Description

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Affected Packages3 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-54r2-w853-7rgw: A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privilege↗2024-09-11
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CVEList
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent↗2024-09-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Palo Alto
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent↗2024-09-11
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