Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 5.1.11/6.0.7/6.1.1/6.2.0 on Windows privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 5.1.11/6.0.7/6.1.1/6.2.0 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2432. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 5.1.11/6.0.7/6.1.1/6.2.0 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successfully exploit a race condition.

The weakness was shared 03/13/2024 by Erwin Chan. The advisory is shared for download at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-2432 since 03/13/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 5.1.12, 6.0.8, 6.1.2 or 6.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 4.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GlobalProtect App 5.1.12/6.0.8/6.1.2/6.2.1

Timelineinfo

03/13/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Researcher: Erwin Chan
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2432 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2432
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256784

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2024 20:42
Updated: 09/26/2025 22:29
Changes: 03/13/2024 20:42 (51), 09/26/2025 22:29 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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