What is CVE-2024-5915?

CVE-2024-5915 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Medium severity. CVE-2024-5915 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2024-5915 cover?

CVE-2024-5915 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2024-5915. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-5915?

CVE-2024-5915 affects 1 product, including: GlobalProtect App.

CVE-2024-5915Medium

CVE-2024-5915 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

August 14, 2024

Last Modified

November 6, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges.

🎯 Affected products1

GlobalProtect App

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in GlobalProtect app 5.1.x (ETA: December 2024), GlobalProtect app 6.0.10-c826, GlobalProtect app 6.1.5, GlobalProtect app 6.2.4, GlobalProtect app 6.3.1, and all later GlobalProtect app versions on Windows. Workarounds and mitigations: Ensure that the GlobalProtect installation directory and its contents cannot be modified by non-administrative Windows users.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5915