CVE-2025-0121

Published Apr 11, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

CVSS medium 6.8

Overview

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.
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
CWE-476

Social media

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.