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Palo_altoCVELIST:CVE-2020-1988

HistoryApr 08, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2020-1988 Global Protect Agent: Local privilege escalation due to an unquoted search path vulnerability

2020-04-0800:00:00

CWE-428

palo_alto

www.cve.org

4.2 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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;

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "platforms": [
      "Windows"
    ],
    "product": "Global Protect Agent",
    "vendor": "Palo Alto Networks",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "5.0.5",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "5.0.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "5.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "4.1.13",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "4.1.13",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988