CVE-2024-9469 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.70%
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
PublishedOct 9

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpaloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent7.9 — 7.9.102+2
▶CVEListV5palo_alto_networks/cortex_xdr_agent7.9 — 7.9.102-CE+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent↗2024-10-09
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GHSA
GHSA-r35v-jh35-pg4q: A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative priv↗2024-10-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Palo Alto
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent↗2024-10-09
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-36892 kernel: mm/slub: avoid zeroing outside-object freepointer for single free↗2024-06-03
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CVE-2024-9469 — Palo vulnerability | cvebase