An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2022-02-10T18:10:16.879284Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:00:45.459Z

Reserved: 2021-12-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0016

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-02-10T18:15:08.503

Modified: 2022-02-17T13:54:32.900

Link: CVE-2022-0016

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