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FKIE_CVE-2023-0006

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-12 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:24

Severity

6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a user to delete system files from the endpoint with elevated privileges through a race condition.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0006	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0006	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	*
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	*
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	6.1.0

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CVE-2023-0006 (GCVE-0-2023-0006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 16:41 – Updated: 2025-02-07 15:49

Title

GlobalProtect App: Local File Deletion Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Assigner

palo_alto

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0006

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect app	Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.4 (custom) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.1 (custom) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.13 (custom)

Date Public

2023-04-12 16:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Marcin Gebarowski for discovering and reporting this issue.

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