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CVE-2024-8690: Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows Administrator Can Disable the Agent (Severity: MEDIUM)

First published: Wed Sep 11 2024(Updated: )

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.

Credit: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent=7.9.102
Microsoft Windows
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent

Remedy

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR Agent 8.2, and all later Cortex XDR Agent versions.

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