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CVE-2020-2032 (GCVE-0-2020-2032)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-10 17:29 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:27
VLAI
Title
GlobalProtect App: File race condition vulnerability leads to local privilege escalation during upgrade
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.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.4 (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.10 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-06-10 00:00
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Rich Mirch of TeamARES from Critical Start Inc for discovering and reporting this issue.
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