CVE-2022-0016

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Published at: - 10-02-2022 07:15

Last modified: - 17-02-2022 02:54

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Low

Attack complexity

Local

Attack vector

High

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Privileges required

Unchanged

Scope

None

User interaction

7.8

Base score

1.8

5.9

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

AND

vendor=paloaltonetworks AND product=globalprotect AND versionStartIncluding=5.2 AND versionEndExcluding=5.2.9

vendor=apple AND product=macos AND version=-

vendor=microsoft AND product=windows AND version=-

Reference

N/A-Vendor Advisory

Keywords

CVE-2022-0016

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

Description

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Verification logic

Reference

NVD

CVE-2022-0016

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Common vulnerabilities & exposures

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