High severity · published Oct 16, 2019
CVE-2019-17436
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…
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
through 5.0.4; through 5.0.4; through 4.1.12; through 4.1.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17436
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17436
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436
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