CVE-2024-8690

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 v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Oct 2024, 18:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102-ce:::::windows::	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102::::critical_environment:::
First Time		Microsoft Microsoft windows

03 Oct 2024, 01:29

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.4
First Time		Paloaltonetworks Paloaltonetworks cortex Xdr Agent
CWE		NVD-CWE-Other
References	~~() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690 -~~	() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102-ce:::::windows::

12 Sep 2024, 12:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-09-11 17:15

Updated : 2024-10-15 18:38

NVD link : CVE-2024-8690

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8690

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-8690

JSON object : View

Products Affected

paloaltonetworks

cortex_xdr_agent

microsoft

windows

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-440

Expected Behavior Violation

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