QID 375751

Date Published: 2021-08-23

QID 375751: GlobalProtect App on Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected Products
: GlobalProtect app on Windows: 5.0 versions earlier than 5.0.10 5.1 versions earlier than 5.1.4

QID Detection Logic
Checks for HKLM\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect\PanSetup registry key on the target to fetch version information.

Successful exploit allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges.This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.9 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: CVE-2020-2032

Vendor References

GlobalProtect - security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2032

CVEs related to QID 375751

CVE-2020-2032 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2020-2032			security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2032

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