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Medium · 4.2 CVE-2020-1988 EUVD-2020-12778GHSA-hp8g-87f8-285m

Global Protect Agent: Local privilege escalation due to an unquoted search path vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent 5.0 – < 5.0.5, 4.1 – < 4.1.13 5.0.5

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