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HIGH

GlobalProtect App: File race condition vulnerability leads to local privilege escalation during upgrade

Published Jun 10, 2020

Description

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade. This issue affects: GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.0.10 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.4 on Windows.

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Remediation

Vendor solution

This issue is fixed in GlobalProtect app 5.0.10, GlobalProtect app 5.1.4, and all later GlobalProtect app versions.

Weaknesses (1)

References (2)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner palo_alto
Published Jun 10, 2020
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Dec 4, 2019

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner palo_alto
Published Jun 10, 2020
Updated Sep 17, 2024

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