CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-9473

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Oct 09, 2024 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM through the use of the repair functionality offered by the .msi file used to install GlobalProtect.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Globalprotect Paloaltonetworks 5.1 (including) 6.2.5 (excluding)
Globalprotect Paloaltonetworks 6.3.0 (including) 6.3.0 (including)
Globalprotect Paloaltonetworks 6.3.1 (including) 6.3.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References