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All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:32:28.361Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:32:28.361Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.1.0-dev"}},"id":"CVE-2025-0120","initial_release_date":"2025-04-09T16:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2025-04-09T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial Publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2025-04-11T13:40:00.000Z","summary":"Updated fix availability for 6.3.3"},{"number":"3","date":"2025-04-21T09:15:00.000Z","summary":"Updated fix availability for 6.0.12"},{"number":"4","date":"2025-05-01T09:40:00.000Z","summary":"Updated fix availability for 6.3.3"},{"number":"5","date":"2025-05-02T11:40:00.000Z","summary":"Updated the fix version for 6.2.7"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[{"name":"GlobalProtect App","category":"product_name","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App<6.3.3","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-97"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App>=6.3.3","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-97"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App<6.2.8","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-100"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App>=6.2.8","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-100"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App>=6.2.7-1077","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-103"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App>=6.1.0","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-7"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App<6.0.12","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-102"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/GlobalProtect App>=6.0.12","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-102"}},{"category":"product_version","name":"GlobalProtect App All","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-App-1"}}]},{"name":"GlobalProtect UWP App","category":"product_name","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":"GlobalProtect UWP App All","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect UWP App","product_id":"PANW-GlobalProtect-UWP-App-1"}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2025-0120","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-GlobalProtect-App-97","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-100","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-103","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-102"],"known_affected":["PANW-GlobalProtect-App-97","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-100","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-7","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-102"],"known_not_affected":["PANW-GlobalProtect-App-1","PANW-GlobalProtect-UWP-App-1"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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.\n"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2025-0120","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0120"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2025-0120","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0120"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","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.\n"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v4":{"version":"4.0","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","Automatable":"NO","Recovery":"USER","valueDensity":"CONCENTRATED","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"MODERATE","providerUrgency":"AMBER","exploitMaturity":"UNREPORTED","baseSeverity":"HIGH","baseScore":7.1,"threatSeverity":"MEDIUM","threatScore":4,"vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber"},"products":["PANW-GlobalProtect-App-97","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-100","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-7","PANW-GlobalProtect-App-102"]}]}]}