What is CVE-2019-17435?

CVE-2019-17435 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Medium severity. CVE-2019-17435 Local Privilege Escalation in GlobalProtect App for Windows

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2019-17435 cover?

CVE-2019-17435 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2019-17435. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2019-17435?

CVE-2019-17435 affects 1 product, including: GlobalProtect App.

CVE-2019-17435Medium

CVE-2019-17435 Local Privilege Escalation in GlobalProtect App for Windows

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

October 15, 2019

Last Modified

October 15, 2019

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in the GlobalProtect App for Windows auto-update feature that can allow for modification of a GlobalProtect App MSI installer package on disk before installation. (Ref # GPC-8977, CVE-2019-17435) Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a low-privileged local user to escalate their privileges to the System user. This issue affects GlobalProtect App 5.0.3 and earlier for Windows and GlobalProtect App 4.1.12 and earlier for Windows.

🎯 Affected products1

GlobalProtect App

✅ Remediation

GlobalProtect App 4.1.13 and later for Windows and GlobalProtect App 5.0.4 and later for Windows. Workarounds and mitigations: N/A

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17435