cve/2024/CVE-2024-8690.md

### [CVE-2024-8690](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8690)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Cortex%20XDR%20Agent&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=7.9.102-CE%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-440%3A%20Expected%20Behavior%20Violation&color=brightgreen)

### Description

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds