CVE-2025-4235
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-12
Last updated on: 2025-09-15
Assigner: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| palo_alto_networks | user-id_credential_agent | 11.0.0 |
| palo_alto_networks | user-id_credential_agent | 11.0.2-133 |
| palo_alto_networks | user-id_credential_agent | 11.0.1 |
| palo_alto_networks | user-id_credential_agent | 11.0.3 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-497 | The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an information exposure issue in the Palo Alto Networks User-ID Credential Agent for Windows. It can expose the service account password under certain non-default configurations, allowing an unprivileged Domain User to escalate privileges by exploiting the account's permissions. Depending on the account's privilege level, impacts range from disrupting the agent's operations to gaining control over servers and manipulating the domain.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact depends on the configuration of the affected account. For minimally privileged accounts, it can disrupt User-ID Credential Agent operations, weakening network security policies such as Credential Phishing Prevention. For elevated accounts, it can lead to more severe consequences including server control (shutdown/restart), domain manipulation (creating rogue computer objects), and network compromise through reconnaissance or client probing.