FKIE_CVE-2025-0112

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-20 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:25
Severity
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
Summary
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.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0112
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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