CVE-2023-0001

An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local system administrator to disclose the admin password for the agent in cleartext, which bad actors can then use to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Feb 2023, 20:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-02-08 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:14

NVD link : CVE-2023-0001

Mitre link : CVE-2023-0001

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0001

JSON object : View

Products Affected

paloaltonetworks

cortex_xdr_agent

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

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