CVE-2020-2032

GlobalProtect App: File race condition vulnerability leads to local privilege escalation during upgrade

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade. This issue affects: GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.0.10 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.4 on Windows.

Una vulnerabilidad de condición de carrera en la aplicación GlobalProtect de Palo Alto Networks en Windows, permite a un usuario local limitado de Windows ejecutar programas con privilegios SYSTEM. Este problema solo puede ser explotado mientras se realiza una actualización de la aplicación GlobalProtect. Este problema afecta a: la aplicación GlobalProtect versiones 5.0 anteriores a la aplicación GlobalProtect versión 5.0.10 en Windows; La aplicación GlobalProtect versiones 5.1 anteriores a la aplicación GlobalProtect versión 5.1.4 en Windows

*Credits: Palo Alto Networks thanks Rich Mirch of TeamARES from Critical Start Inc for discovering and reporting this issue.

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-04 CVE Reserved
2020-06-10 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2032	2020-06-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Globalprotect Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Globalprotect"				>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.10 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Globalprotect" and version " >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.10"		windows		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Globalprotect Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Globalprotect"				>= 5.1.0 < 5.1.4 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Globalprotect" and version " >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.4"		windows		Affected