CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-0016

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-02-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-02-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-703, CWE-755

Description

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 5.2 < 5.2.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References