CVE-2025-0120

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Published Apr 11, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

No workaround or mitigation is available.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-13287 A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Paloaltonetworks globalprotect
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Vendors & Products Paloaltonetworks globalprotect
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. However, execution requires that the local user can also successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
Title GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
First Time appeared Paloaltonetworks
Paloaltonetworks globalprotect App
Weaknesses CWE-250
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.3.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect_app:6.3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Paloaltonetworks
Paloaltonetworks globalprotect App
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
May 2, 2025, 7:08 PM
Reserved
Dec 20, 2024, 11:23 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 11, 2025, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:25 AM