Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-8690 - Unspecified vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Cortex XDR Agent 7.9.102
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 1 |