01 Record
CVE-2025-4234
Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials
LowPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score2.4 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
02 Description
Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 2.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-09-12 17:18Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:48Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-05-02
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ef44346d71bb9672d2d224564e8a59c05d38a7725d70a61b73e904bd37379fc1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4234
07 Remediation
Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack 4.6 on Windows 4.6.0 through 4.6.4 Upgrade to 4.6.5 or later. Rotate any Client Secrets for Azure Applications that attempted connection with the Microsoft 365 Defender Pack.