Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager up to 5.6.6 on macOS privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager up to 5.6.6 on macOS. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-0139. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager up to 5.6.6 on macOS. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager allows a locally authenticated low privileged user on macOS endpoints to escalate their privileges to root.

The weakness was released by Nvidia Psirt. The advisory is shared for download at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-0139 since 12/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 5.6.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20881). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager 5.6.7

Timelineinfo

12/21/2024 CVE reserved
07/10/2025 +200 days Advisory disclosed
07/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Researcher: Nvidia Psirt
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0139 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315856
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2025 07:42
Updated: 07/10/2025 10:36
Changes: 07/10/2025 07:42 (72), 07/10/2025 10:36 (1)
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