Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
High
Availability (Vulnerable System)
None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
High
Integrity (Subsequent System)
High
Availability (Subsequent System)
High
AU
None
R
Unchanged
V
D
RE
M
U
Amber
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.0 – 6.0.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.7 – 6.1.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.6 – 6.1.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.6 – 6.1.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.5 – 6.1.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.5 – 6.1.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.4 – 6.1.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.4 – 6.1.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.3 – 6.1.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.3 – 6.1.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.2 – 6.1.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.2 – 6.1.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.1 – 6.1.1
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.1 – 6.1.1
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.0 – 6.1.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.0 – 6.1.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.11 – 6.0.11
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.11 – 6.0.11
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.10 – 6.0.10
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.10 – 6.0.10
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.8 – 6.0.8
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.8 – 6.0.8
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.7 – 6.0.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.7 – 6.0.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.6 – 6.0.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.6 – 6.0.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.5 – 6.0.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.5 – 6.0.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.4 – 6.0.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.4 – 6.0.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.3 – 6.0.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.3 – 6.0.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.2 – 6.0.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.2 – 6.0.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.1 – 6.0.1
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.1 – 6.0.1
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.0 – 6.0.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.0 – 6.0.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_appAll – All
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.7 – 6.1.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.7 – 6.1.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.6 – 6.1.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.5 – 6.1.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.4 – 6.1.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.3 – 6.1.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.2 – 6.1.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.1 – 6.1.1
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.1.0 – 6.1.0
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.11 – 6.0.11
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.10 – 6.0.10
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.8 – 6.0.8
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.7 – 6.0.7
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.6 – 6.0.6
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.5 – 6.0.5
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.4 – 6.0.4
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.3 – 6.0.3
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.2 – 6.0.2
- Palo Alto Networks / globalprotect_app6.0.1 – 6.0.1
- Palo Alto Networks / GlobalProtect UWP AppAll – All