High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-17436
CVE-2019-17436
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.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*range: <=5.0.4
- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*range: <=5.0.4
- (no CPE)range: <=5.0.4, <=4.1.12
- Range: <=5.0.4, <=4.1.12
- Range: 5.0.4 and earlier
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436nvdVendor Advisory
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