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    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.

    Published:Jun 12, 2024
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 12, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.0086
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Paloaltonetworks
    Product
    Cortex Xdr Agent

    Exploits

    https://github.com/ig-labs/EDR-ALPC-Block-POC

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High