CVE-2020-1989

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-266 CWE-269

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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