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GHSA-HP8G-87F8-285M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:13 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:13

Details

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

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CVE-2020-1988 (GCVE-0-2020-1988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-08 18:41 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:03

Summary

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

Severity ?

4.2 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Assigner

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Palo Alto Networks	Global Protect Agent	Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.5 (custom) Affected: 4.1 , < 4.1.13 (custom)

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Ratnesh Pandey of Bromium and Matthew Batten for discovering and reporting this issue.

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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