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FKIE_CVE-2024-2432

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-13 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:24

Severity

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

Summary

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successfully exploit a race condition.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2432	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2432	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	*
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	*
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	*
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	6.2.0

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CVE-2024-2432 (GCVE-0-2024-2432)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-13 17:51 – Updated: 2024-08-28 15:14

Title

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

4.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-03-13 19:57 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2432

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.12 (custom) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.8 (custom) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.2 (custom) Affected: 6.2 , < 6.2.1 (custom)
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.12 (custom) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.8 (custom) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.2 (custom) Affected: 6.2 , < 6.2.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect::::::::

Date Public

2024-03-13 16:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Erwin Chan for discovering and reporting this issue.

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