CVE-2020-1988

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1988
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-09 19:16:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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.

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