Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM through the use of the repair functionality offered by the .msi file used to install GlobalProtect.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
Low
Availability (Vulnerable System)
None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
High
Integrity (Subsequent System)
High
Availability (Subsequent System)
High
AU
None
R
Unchanged
V
Changed
RE
M
U
Amber
Affected products
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.3.1 – 6.3.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.3.0 – 6.3.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2.4 – 6.2.4
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2.3 – 6.2.3
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2.2 – 6.2.2
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2.1 – 6.2.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2.0 – 6.2.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.2 – 6.2
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.5 – 6.1.5
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.4 – 6.1.4
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.3 – 6.1.3
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.2 – 6.1.2
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.1 – 6.1.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1.0 – 6.1.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.1 – 6.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.10 – 6.0.10
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.8 – 6.0.8
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.7 – 6.0.7
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.6 – 6.0.6
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.5 – 6.0.5
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.4 – 6.0.4
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.3 – 6.0.3
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.2 – 6.0.2
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.1 – 6.0.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0.0 – 6.0.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app6.0 – 6.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.12 – 5.1.12
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.11 – 5.1.11
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.10 – 5.1.10
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.9 – 5.1.9
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.8 – 5.1.8
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.7 – 5.1.7
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.6 – 5.1.6
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.5 – 5.1.5
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.4 – 5.1.4
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.3 – 5.1.3
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.2 – 5.1.2
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.1 – 5.1.1
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1.0 – 5.1.0
- paloaltonetworks / globalprotect_app5.1 – 5.1