CVE-2020-1988
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-1988 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-04-08 19:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-04-09 19:16:00 UTC |
| Description | An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows; |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-428
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Globalprotect | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Paloaltonetworks | Globalprotect | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-1988 GlobalProtect Agent: Local privilege escalation due to an unquoted search path vulnerability | MISC | security.paloaltonetworks.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks Ratnesh Pandey of Bromium and Matthew Batten for discovering and reporting this issue.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.