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CVE-2020-2032

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.1.4, 5.0.10
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

    From 5.1 · fixed in 5.1.4; From 5.0 · fixed in 5.0.10

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com