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CVE-2024-5909: palo alto networks cortex xdr agent Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.8v4.0MediumModified
Published 12-06-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-5909 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in palo alto networks cortex xdr agent. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Palo alto networks1 product
  • cortex xdr agent≥ 8.2.0, < 8.2.1 | ≥ 8.1.0, < 8.1.2 | ≥ 7.9-CE, < 7.9.102-CE
Paloaltonetworks1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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