Palo Alto Networks Product Security Incident Response TeamPAN-SA-2019-0037Local Privilege Escalation in GlobalProtect App for Linux and Mac OS
6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect App for Linux and Mac OSX that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system. (Ref # GPC-8945, CVE-2019-17436)
Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a low-privileged local user to escalate their privileges on the system.
This issue affects GlobalProtect App 5.0.4 and earlier for Linux and Mac OS and GlobalProtect App 4.1.12 and earlier for Linux and Mac OS.
Work around:
N/A
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| globalprotect app | le | 5.0.4 | |
| globalprotect app | le | 4.1.12 |
Related
6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%