Vulnerabilites related to Palo Alto Networks - GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and OSX
cve-2019-17436
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-10-16 18:06
Modified
2024-08-05 01:40
Severity ?
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and OSX Version: 5.0.4 and earlier
Version: 4.1.12 and earlier
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