CVE-2020-1989

Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation

Published Apr 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in Global Protect Agent 5.0.8, Global Protect Agent 5.1.1 and all later versions.


Vendor Workaround

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12779 An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 7:14 PM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 8, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM