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CVE-2023-0001

MEDIUM
Published 2023-02-08T17:20:20.774Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.597
Higher than 59.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Palo Alto Networks

Cortex XDR agent

Affected Versions:

7.9 All 7.8 All 7.5 5.0 All

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-9qr8-h5jr-2gmw

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0001
WEB https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/08/10
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/08/2
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/08/3
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/08/5
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/10/1

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 8, 2023, Modified: February 18, 2023

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001
Published: 2023-02-08T17:20:20.774Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.569Z
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