Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent up to 4.1.12/5.0.3 on Windows MSI Installer privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent up to 4.1.12/5.0.3 on Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the component MSI Installer. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-17435. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent up to 4.1.12/5.0.3 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component MSI Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in the GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 5.0.3 and earlier, and GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 4.1.12 and earlier, in which the auto-update feature can allow for modification of a GlobalProtect Agent MSI installer package on disk before installation.

The weakness was shared 10/16/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-17435 since 10/10/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry VDB-143820 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• GlobalProtect Agent

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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