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.
CVE Status: Modified
Attribute | Value |
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Attack Complexity | LOW |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Availability Impact | HIGH |
Base Score | 6 |
Base Severity | MEDIUM |
Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
Integrity Impact | NONE |
Privileges Required | HIGH |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
User Interaction | NONE |
Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
Exploitability Score | 0.8 |
Impact Score | 5.2 |
Source | [email protected] |
Type | Secondary |