CVE-2024-5909 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-5909

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Palo Alto Networks thanks Manuel Feifel of VUREX (InfoGuard AG) for discovering and reporting this issue.

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cortex XDR Agent
Vulnerable Versions:
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 7.9-CE

Timeline

Official Publish: June 12th, 2024
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion