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High · 7.0 CVE-2020-1989 EUVD-2020-12779GHSA-35xw-gh3h-mxj5

Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation

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

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent 5.0 – < 5.0.8, 5.1 – < 5.1.1 5.0.8

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