Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-1988Global Protect Agent: Local privilege escalation due to an unquoted search path vulnerability

Medium 4.2

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Global Protect Agent from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Global Protect Agent	5.0 – before 5.0.54.1 – before 4.1.13

Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988 x_refsource_MISC