CVE-2025-0120

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120

Configurations

No configuration.

History

11 Apr 2025, 15:39

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Summary		(es) Una vulnerabilidad con un mecanismo de administración de privilegios en la aplicación Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ en dispositivos Windows permite que un usuario de Windows no administrativo autenticado localmente escale sus privilegios a NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Sin embargo, la ejecución requiere que el usuario local también pueda explotar con éxito una condición de ejecución, lo que hace que esta vulnerabilidad sea difícil de explotar.

11 Apr 2025, 02:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-11 02:15

Updated : 2025-04-11 15:39

NVD link : CVE-2025-0120

Mitre link : CVE-2025-0120

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-0120

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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