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Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent 4.1.x < 4.1.13 / 5.0.x < 5.0.5 Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135898

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Synopsis

A VPN client installed on remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent installed on the remote Windows host is 4.1.x prior to 4.1.3, or 5.0.x prior to 5.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to a problem with the file creation permission on the OS disk. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain system privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent 4.1.3, 5.0.5, or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135898

File Name: palo_alto_globalprotect_agent_cve-2020-1988.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/22/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1988

IAVA: 2020-A-0137-S