CVE-2023-0001
Cortex XDR Agent: Cleartext Exposure of Agent Admin Password
Severity Score
6.7
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local system administrator to disclose the admin password for the agent in cleartext, which bad actors can then use to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
*Credits:
Palo Alto Networks thanks Robert McCallum (M42D) for discovering and reporting this issue.
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-10-27 CVE Reserved
- 2023-02-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-31 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CAPEC
References (1)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001 | 2024-01-12 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" | Cortex Xdr Agent Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Cortex Xdr Agent" | >= 7.5 < 7.5.101 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Cortex Xdr Agent" and version " >= 7.5 < 7.5.101" | critical_environment |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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