CVE-2023-0002 (GCVE-0-2023-0002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-08 17:21 – Updated: 2025-03-25 13:57
VLAI
Title
Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User
Summary
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-25 13:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
palo_alto CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 96 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent Unaffected: 7.9 All
Unaffected: 7.8 All
Affected: 7.5 , < 7.5.101-CE (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.12.22203 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-02-08 17:00
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