CVE-2024-9473

MEDIUM EPSS 20.3%
Published Oct 9, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.2 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Oct 9, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.2
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
20.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-250

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect*≥5.1  –  <6.2.5
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect6.3.0any
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect6.3.1any

References 3

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/2
  • sec-consult.com https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-palo-alto-networks-globalprotect/
  • security.paloaltonetworks.com https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9473
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.