CVE-2025-0120

HIGH

7.0

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.0

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/11/2025

Last Modified6/27/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

paloaltonetworks:globalprotect

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-250

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120(psirt@paloaltonetworks.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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