vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: CVE-2025-0120: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 9, 2025 | May 21, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 9, 2025
Added
May 21, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in 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 can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Solution
palo-alto-networks-globalprotect-app-upgrade-latest
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