Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-2032GlobalProtect App: File race condition vulnerability leads to local privilege escalation during upgrade

High 7.0

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 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade. This issue affects: GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.0.10 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.4 on Windows.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	5.1 – before 5.1.45.0 – before 5.0.10

Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2032 x_refsource_MISC