Vulnerability · Published Apr 11, 2025 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2025-0120GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in GlobalProtect App 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 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	6.3.0 – before 6.3.36.2.0 – before 6.2.86.1.06.0.0
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	see references
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect UWP App	see references

Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120 vendor-advisory