CVE-2025-0131
GlobalProtect App: Incorrect Privilege Management Vulnerability in OPSWAT MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- May 14, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 20, 2024
Description
An incorrect privilege management vulnerability in the OPSWAT MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK used by the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user also successfully exploits a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.1 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber | palo_alto |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDKOPSWAT |
|
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0131third-party-advisory
- https://www.opswat.com/docs/mdsdk/release-notes/cve-2025-0131vendor-advisory
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