cve-2023-3280
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-13 16:13
Modified
2024-09-25 17:48
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to disable the agent.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3280Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3280Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Version: 5.0
Version: 7.5-CE
Version: 7.9   < 7.9.3
Version: 7.9-CE   < 7.9.101-CE
Version: 8.0   < 8.0.2
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