High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-0120
CVE-2025-0120
Description
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: >=6.0.0,<6.0.12
- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*range: All
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: All
Patches
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120nvdVendor Advisory
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