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CVE-2025-0120

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: April 11, 2025 at 01:44 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobalProtect

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

GlobalProtect· Palo Alto Networks
95%
6.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.126.1.0 ≤ v < 6.2.7-10776.2.0 ≤ v < 6.2.86.3.0 ≤ v < 6.3.36.0.06.1.06.2.06.3.0
Affected range stops below 6.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.7-1077, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.3.3, 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:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

7HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-250

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