CVE-2024-5909 Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent
A local low-privileged user can disable the Cortex XDR agent, allowing malware to operate without detection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5909?
CVE-2024-5909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 12 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low privileged local Windows user to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5909?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5909?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-5909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- CVE-2022-0015 Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-3042 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-3041 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation
- CVE-2020-2049 Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation
- CVE-2022-0025 Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26v6-wwwv-j4cc.