CVE-2023-0002

Published: Feb 8, 2023

Modified: Mar 25, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR agent	unaffected `7.9 All` unaffected `7.8 All` affected `7.5 - < 7.5.101-CE` affected `5.0 - < 5.0.12.22203`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-693

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002

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CVE-2023-0002

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References