CVE-2024-8690 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-8690

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent

Vulnerability Description

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.

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:

  • Ayman Sagy of CyberCX

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cortex XDR Agent
Vulnerable Versions:
8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.3-CE, 8.2, 7.9.102-CE

Timeline

Official Publish: September 11th, 2024
Last Modified: September 11th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-440

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.