CVE-2022-0016

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-0016
  • Assigner
  • psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-02-10T18:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-02-17T13:54:32
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-755 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/755.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2 5.2.9
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0016 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0016
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0016
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:32:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 09:20:44 2022-02-10T18:15Z 2022-02-10T18:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 09:20:44 2022-02-17T13:54:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 09:20:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated