CVE-2019-17436 (GCVE-0-2019-17436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-16 18:06 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:40
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Summary
A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.
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  • Escalation of Privilege
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Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and OSX Affected: 5.0.4 and earlier
Affected: 4.1.12 and earlier
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