VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-9473
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM through the use of the repair functionality offered by the .msi file used to install GlobalProtect.
Weakness classification
- psirt@paloaltonetworks.com: CWE-250
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo