CVE-2023-0002 json
Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User
published 2023-02-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12107
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12.22203, 7.5.101-CE, 7.8 All, 7.9 All
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
References
-
security.paloaltonetworks.com
/CVE-2023-0002
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-0002
- NVD CVE-2023-0002
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