cve-2023-0002
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-08 17:21
Modified
2025-03-25 13:57
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS score ?
0.11% (0.31191)
Summary
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent Version: 7.5   < 7.5.101-CE
Version: 5.0   < 5.0.12.22203
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