Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-0120
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
CVSS 4.0
7.1High
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1High | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (palo_alto) | 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 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.0.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.1.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.2.0 ≤ v < 6.2.8 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App | 6.3.0 ≤ v < 6.3.3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
1- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120 vendor-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2025-04-11
- Last updated
- 2025-05-02
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- palo_alto
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
5.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges