Description
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
Published: 2023-02-08
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12.22203, Cortex XDR agent 7.5.101-CE, and all later supported Cortex XDR agent versions.


Vendor Workaround

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12107 A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows
Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-25T13:57:01.294Z

Reserved: 2022-10-27T18:48:11.588Z

Link: CVE-2023-0002

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.601Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-08T18:15:11.683

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:22.187

Link: CVE-2023-0002

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses