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GSD-2023-0002

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
Aliases
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