CVE-2019-17436

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and OSX	5.0.4 and earlier; 4.1.12 and earlier

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 16, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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