vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: CVE-2020-2032: File race condition vulnerability leads to local privilege escalation during upgrade

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 10, 2020
Added
May 21, 2025
Modified
Jun 12, 2025

Description

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges.
This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade.

Solution

palo-alto-networks-globalprotect-app-upgrade-latest
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