CVE-2019-17436
HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2019 at 06:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobalProtect
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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.1.12v ≤ 5.0.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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