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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.0 High

CVE-2020-1989

Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
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

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent

  • 5.0 to < 5.0.8affected
  • 5.1 to < 5.1.1affected

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