High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-1989
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
3- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*Range: >=5.0,<5.0.8
<5.0.8, <5.1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <5.0.8, <5.1.1
- (no CPE)range: 5.0
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1989nvdVendor Advisory
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