Palo Alto GlobalProtect App MacOS 6.x < 6.2.8-h2 / 6.3.x < 6.3.3 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-4232)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(238432);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-4232");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0430-S");

  script_name(english:"Palo Alto GlobalProtect App MacOS 6.x < 6.2.8-h2 / 6.3.x < 6.3.3 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-4232)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A VPN client installed on remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Palo Alto GlobalProtect App installed on the remote macOS host is 6.x prior to 6.2.8-h2 or 6.3.x prior to 
6.3.3. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability:

  - An improper neutralization of wildcards vulnerability in the log collection feature of Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ 
  app on macOS allows a non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2025-4232)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4232");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Palo Alto GlobalProtect App version 6.2.8-h2, 6.3.3 or later");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-4232");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("palo_alto_globalprotect_agent_mac_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent", "Host/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');

// Adds support for -h parsing in version strings.
vcf::palo_alto::initialize();

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'GlobalProtect');

# Change app name for more accurate reporting
app_info.app = 'Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent';

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

var constraints = [
  {'min_version' : '6.0', 'fixed_version' : '6.2.8-h2'},
  {'min_version' : '6.3', 'fixed_version' : '6.3.3'}
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(
  app_info:app_info, 
  constraints:constraints, 
  severity:SECURITY_HOLE
);