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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | Cortex XDR Agent | 8.2.0 – < 8.2.1, 8.1.0 – < 8.1.2, 7.9-CE – < 7.9.102-CE | 8.4.0 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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ig-labs/EDR-ALPC-Block-POC ★ 36 · Jan 28, 2025
Blocking Windows EDR agents by registering an own IPC-object in the Object Manager’s namespace (CVE-2023-3280, CVE-2024-5909, CVE-2024-20671)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5909 vendor-advisory