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CVE-2024-8690

This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

MEDIUM 5.6EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 4.0
5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.19% probability · 9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-440
Affected
paloaltonetworks/cortex xdr agent
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.