CVE-2024-5915 (GCVE-0-2024-5915)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-14 16:40
Modified
2024-08-20 13:20
Severity ?
5.2 (Medium) - 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/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App Version: 5.1
Version: 6.0
Version: 6.1   < 6.1.5
Version: 6.2   < 6.2.4
Version: 6.3   < 6.3.1
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