CVE-2024-9473

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2024 at 05:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobalProtect

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM through the use of the repair functionality offered by the .msi file used to install GlobalProtect.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.1 ≤ v < 6.2.56.2.0 ≤ v < 6.2.55.15.1.06.06.0.06.16.1.06.2.06.36.3.06.3.1
Affected range stops below 6.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo

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