cve-2020-1988
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-04-08 18:41
Modified
2024-09-16 18:03
Severity ?
4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1988Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent Version: 5.0   < 5.0.5
Version: 4.1   < 4.1.13
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