CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1988

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2020-04-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-04-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-428

Description

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.13) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness

References