CVE-2024-9473

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect < 6.2.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: rule

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM through the use of the repair functionality offered by the .msi file used to install GlobalProtect.

References (3)

[Mailing List] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/2

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9473

[Vendor Advisory] https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-palo-alto-networks-globalprotect/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0032

EPSS Percentile 55.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-250

Status published

Products (3)

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.3.0

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.3.1

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 5.1 - 6.2.5

Published Oct 09, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026