CVE-2020-1989

Summary

CVE	CVE-2020-1989
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 19:56:00 UTC
Description	An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

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-2020-1989 GlobalProtect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation	MISC	security.paloaltonetworks.com	Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

376116 Palo Alto Networks (GlobalProtect App) Incorrect Privilege Assignment Allows Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GPC-9358)