CVE-2024-9469

Oct. 15, 2024, 6:38 p.m.

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
paloaltonetworks
  • cortex_xdr_agent
  • *, 8.3.0, 8.4.0
microsoft
  • windows
  • -

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-754
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.

CWE ID: 754

Date

Published: Oct. 9, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 15, 2024, 6:38 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent / / / / critical_environment / / /
a paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 8.3.0 / / / - / / /
a paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 8.4.0 / / / - / / /
o microsoft windows - / / / / / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References