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CVE-2025-0117: GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

7.1 CVSS

Description

A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices potentially enables a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

GlobalProtect App on macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP App are not affected.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-0117

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Problem Types

CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Affected Products

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks

Product: GlobalProtect App, GlobalProtect App, GlobalProtect UWP App

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 2.31% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-10 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0117
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0117

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