CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-8690

Expected Behavior Violation

Published: Sep 11, 2024 | Modified: Oct 15, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

Weakness

A feature, API, or function does not perform according to its specification.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cortex_xdr_agent Paloaltonetworks 7.9.102 (including) 7.9.102 (including)

References