fkie_cve-2024-8690
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-09-11 17:15
Modified
2024-10-15 18:38
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 7.9.102
microsoft windows -


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