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GHSA-MRWH-MJVV-R5VH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-11 00:00 – Updated: 2022-02-18 00:00

Details

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

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CVE-2022-0016 (GCVE-0-2022-0016)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-10 18:10 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:00

Title

GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon

Summary

Severity ?

7.4 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0016

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Palo Alto Networks

GlobalProtect App

Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.9 (custom)

Palo Alto Networks

GlobalProtect App

Unaffected: 5.3.*
Unaffected: 5.1.* , < 5.1* (custom)

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks Adam Crosser (Praetorian), Brian Sizemore (Praetorian) and N. Sao (Genetec) for independently 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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