CVE-2024-5909

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low privileged local Windows user to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

Score

CVSS 4.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Published

2024-06-12

Last modified

2024-08-01

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Cortex Xdr Agent (Palo Alto Networks)
• Cortex Xdr Agent (Paloaltonetworks)

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5909