CVE-2019-17436

HIGH

GlobalProtect < 5.0.4 - Local Privilege Escalation via File Overwrite

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/globalprotect < 5.0.4 (2 CPE variants)
Published Oct 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026