Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024
Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation
CVE-2020-1989
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.
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Affected products
25.0 before 5.0.8, 5.1 before 5.1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.0 before 5.0.8, 5.1 before 5.1.1
- (no CPE)range: 5.0
Patches
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1989mitrex_refsource_MISC
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