CVE-2025-0117

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

CVSS 7.1 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-807

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.1EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

12 Mar 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

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

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect UWP App

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References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0117