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ghsa-vhjm-w3vw-g6jw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-03-12 21:31

Modified

2025-03-12 21:31

Severity ?

7.1 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Details

A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices potentially enables a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

GlobalProtect App on macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP App are not affected.

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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-12T19:15:37Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "id": "GHSA-vhjm-w3vw-g6jw",
  "modified": "2025-03-12T21:31:29Z",
  "published": "2025-03-12T21:31:29Z",
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cve-2025-0117

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-12 18:35

Modified

2025-03-13 03:55

Severity ?

7.1 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Summary

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0117	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App
	Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App
	Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect UWP App

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