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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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