Cortex XDR Legacy Exception rules enable you to configure an exception to prevention and protection modules on endpoints for selected profiles.
Legacy Exception rules enable you to configure an exception to prevention and protection modules on endpoints for selected profiles.
Items included in allow lists may continue to generate Cortex XDR security events. If you want to exclude event reporting, configure this on the Alert Exclusions page ( → → ).
Cortex XDR enables you to manage the Malware Security exceptions from a central location and easily apply them across multiple profiles in the Legacy Agent Exceptions Management page.
To manage the prevention profile exceptions from Exception Configuration, you must first migrate your existing exceptions configured via the Prevention profiles.
Your migrated rules are displayed on the Exception Configuration.
→ → page. For more information about the migration, seeCreate a new Legacy Exception rule.
From + Add Rule.
→ → ,Select the platform for which you want to create an agent exception.
Select the Module for which you want to create an exception.
For each module, specify the following parameters.
Type
Module
Platform
Parameters
Malware
Respond to Malicious Causality Chains
Windows
Add to your allow list specific and known safe IP address or IP address ranges that you do not want Cortex XDR to block.
Behavioral Threat Protection
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder path you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Office Files with Micros Examination
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder path you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Portable Executable and DLL Examination
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder path and the signers you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Malicious Child Process Protection
Windows
Add to your allow list the parent processes that can launch child processes to your allow list with optional execution criteria. Specify the allow list criteria including the Parent Process Name, Child Process Name, and Command Line Params. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Ransomware Protection
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder path you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Endpoint Scanning
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder path and the signers you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Credential Gathering Protection
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Anti Webshell Protection
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Financial Malware Threat Protection
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Cryptominers Protection
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
In-process Shellcode Protection
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Malicious Device Prevention
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
UAC Bypass Prevention
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Anti Tampering Protection
Windows, MacOS
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Mach-o Files Examination
MacOS
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
DMG File Examination
MacOS
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Local File Threat Examination
Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
ELF File Examination
Linux
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Reverse Shell Protection
Linux
Specify the Process Path. Local IP Address and port, and the Remote IP Address and port of the process you want to allow. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
APK Files Examination
Android
Specify the signers you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
SMS and MMS Malicious URL filtering Allow list
iOS
Add to your allow list and known safe URLs that you do not want Cortex XDR to block.
Call and Messages Blocking Allow list
iOS
Add to your allow list names and phone numbers of contacts that you do not want Cortex XDR to block.
Dynamic Kernel Protection
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder path you want to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Restrictions
Executable Files
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Network Location Files
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Optical Drive Files
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Removable Media Files
Windows
Add to your allow list the file or folder paths to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Exceptions
Process Exceptions
Windows, MacOS, Linux
Add to your allow list the process and the module names to exclude from evaluation. Use ? to match a single character or * to match any string of characters.
Select all to apply the exception to all profiles for this module or select specific profiles.
Important
If you don't migrate the legacy exceptions, you can continue to create exceptions through the profiles.