CVE-2025-0112

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Feb 19, 2025
Updated: Feb 20, 2025
Reserved: Dec 20, 2024

Description

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows non-administrative privileges to disable the agent. This vulnerability can also be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then perform malicious activity.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/U:Amber	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cortex XDR AgentPalo Alto Networks	8.3-CE to before 8.3.101-CEAffectedfrom 8.3.101-CENot affected 8.4.0Affected 8.5.0 to before 8.5.1Affectedfrom 8.5.1Not affected 8.6.0Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0112vendor-advisory

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