Palo Alto Cortex XDR Agent up to 6.3.2/8.5.1/8.6.0 on Windows null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Palo Alto Cortex XDR Agent up to 6.3.2/8.5.1/8.6.0 on Windows. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0121. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cortex XDR Agent up to 6.3.2/8.5.1/8.6.0 on Windows. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by adcisseckilled. The advisory is available at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-0121 since 12/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 6.3.3, 7.9.103-CE HF, 8.3.101-CE HF, 8.5.2 or 8.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cortex XDR Agent 6.3.3/7.9.103-CE HF/8.3.101-CE HF/8.5.2/8.6.1

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12/21/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Researcher: adcisseckilled
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0121 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0121
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304442

Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2025 11:40
Changes: 04/11/2025 11:40 (73)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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