Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Palo Alto Networks | Cortex XDR Agent | unaffected |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-15139 | A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it. |
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.175% probability within 30 days)
| Link | Providers |
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| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0121 |
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| Description | A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it. | |
| Title | Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent | |
| First Time appeared |
Paloaltonetworks
Paloaltonetworks cortex Xdr Agent |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.101-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3-CE:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Paloaltonetworks cortex Xdr Agent |
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