CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3057

8.1 HIGH Published 2021-10-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-10-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-121, CWE-787

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a man-in-the-middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This issue impacts: GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.9 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.8 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.8 on the Universal Windows Platform; GlobalProtect app 5.3 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.3.1 on Linux.

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.0 <= 5.0.8) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.0 <= 5.0.9) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.0 <= 5.0.10) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.1 <= 5.1.1) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.1 < 5.1.9) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.1.0 <= 5.1.4) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.2 < 5.2.8) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.3 < 5.3.1) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References