CVE-2024-9473

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Overview

First reported 1 week ago

2024-10-09 17:15:00

Last updated 21 hours ago

2024-10-17 06:15:00

Affected Software

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect for Windows

windows

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9473

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9473

Vendor Advisory

https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-palo-alto-networks-globalprotect/

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