VDB-312464 · CVE-2025-4232 · Nessus 238432

Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 6.0.0/6.1.0/6.2.8-h1/6.3.2 Log Collection matching

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.5	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 6.0.0/6.1.0/6.2.8-h1/6.3.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Log Collection. Such manipulation leads to matching. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-4232. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto GlobalProtect App up to 6.0.0/6.1.0/6.2.8-h1/6.3.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Log Collection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a matching vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-155. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as wildcards or matching symbols when they are sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An improper neutralization of wildcards vulnerability in the log collection feature of Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on macOS allows a non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root.

The weakness was shared by Rutger Flohil. The advisory is shared for download at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-4232 since 05/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 238432 (Palo Alto GlobalProtect App MacOS 6.x < 6.2.8-h2 / 6.3.x < 6.3.3 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-4232)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.2.8-h2 or 6.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (238432). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Palo Alto

Name

GlobalProtect App

Version

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔍
CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
CNA Vector: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Matching
CWE: CWE-155 / CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Nessus ID: 238432
Nessus Name: Palo Alto GlobalProtect App MacOS 6.x < 6.2.8-h2 / 6.3.x < 6.3.3 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-4232)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: GlobalProtect App 6.2.8-h2/6.3.3

Timelineinfo

05/02/2025 🔍
06/13/2025 +42 days 🔍
06/13/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2025 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Researcher: Rutger Flohil
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-4232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312464

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2025 07:54
Updated: 06/16/2025 15:46
Changes: 06/13/2025 07:54 (72), 06/14/2025 06:33 (2), 06/16/2025 15:46 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.