FKIE_CVE-2019-17436

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-10-16 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:23
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paloaltonetworks globalprotect *
paloaltonetworks globalprotect *
paloaltonetworks globalprotect *
paloaltonetworks globalprotect *
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