CVE-2024-5909 describes a protection mechanism bypass vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices. A low-privileged local Windows user can exploit this to disable the agent, potentially allowing malware to operate undetected. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with local access and low privileges can achieve high availability impact by disabling the security agent. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.9, < 7.9.102CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:critical_environment:windows:*:* | ||
>= 8.1, < 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 8.2, < 8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 7.9-CE, < 7.9.102-CECPE match | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
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