cve-2025-0112
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-19 23:44
Modified
2025-02-20 17:23
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/U:Amber
Summary
A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative privileges to disable the agent. This vulnerability can also be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then perform malicious activity.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0112
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Version: 8.3-CE   < 8.3.101-CE
Version: 8.4.0   <
Version: 8.5.0   < 8.5.1
Patch: 8.6.0
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3:CE:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.4.*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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