CVE-2024-5909: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
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.
CVE-2024-5909: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- palo_alto
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-12T15:27:55.683Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6bf6b7ef31ef0b55d17d
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:39:02 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 8:05:03 AM
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