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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-5909

CVE-2024-5909

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low privileged local Windows user to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

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Affected products

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  • Paloaltonetworks/Cortex Xdr Agent4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: >=8.1,<8.1.2
    • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:critical_environment:windows:*:*range: >=7.9,<7.9.102
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 8.2.0

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