CVE-2022-0016

GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon

State: Published
Severity: 7.4 High
Published: Feb 10, 2022
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 28, 2021

Description

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	5.2 to before 5.2.9Affectedfrom 5.2.9Not affected
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	5.3.Not affected 5.1. to before 5.1*Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0016

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