CVE-2023-0002
Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
*Credits:
Palo Alto Networks thanks Fernando Romero de la Morena and 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
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
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-2023-0002 | 2023-11-07 |
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" | >= 5.0 < 5.0.12.22203 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Cortex Xdr Agent" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.12.22203" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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| 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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