CVE-2023-0006

GlobalProtect App: Local File Deletion Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Apr 12, 2023
Updated: Feb 7, 2025
Reserved: Oct 27, 2022

Description

A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a user to delete system files from the endpoint with elevated privileges through a race condition.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GlobalProtect appPalo Alto Networks	6.0 to before 6.0.4Affectedfrom 6.0.4Not affected 6.1 to before 6.1.1Affectedfrom 6.1.1Not affected 5.2 to before 5.2.13Affectedfrom 5.2.13Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0006

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