CVE-2025-0120
7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Summary
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.3.0 < 6.3.3 | affected |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.2.0 < 6.2.8 | affected |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.1.0 | affected |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.0.0 | affected |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | All | unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect UWP App | All | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250: CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Workarounds
No workaround or mitigation is available.
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
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