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Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent 5.2.x < 5.2.13 or 6.0.x < 6.0.4 or 6.1.x < 6.1.1 Local File Deletion

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174557

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Synopsis

A VPN client installed on remote host is affected by a local file deletion vulnerability.

Description

A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a user to delete system files from the endpoint with elevated privileges through a race condition.

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 5.2.13 / 6.0.4 / 6.1.1 or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0006

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174557

File Name: palo_alto_globalprotect_agent_cve-2023-0006.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/20/2023

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: installed_sw/Palo Alto GlobalProtect Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0006

IAVA: 2023-A-0200-S