CVE-2020-2032

HIGH

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect < 5.0.10 - Privilege Escalation via Race Condition During Upgrade

Title source: llm

Description

A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade. This issue affects: GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.0.10 on Windows; GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.4 on Windows.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2032

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 10.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-367

Status published

Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 5.0.0 - 5.0.10

Published Jun 10, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026