Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM. However, exploitation requires a successful race condition, making it difficult to exploit."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Executable
Target Asset GlobalProtect.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: GlobalProtect.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'GlobalProtect.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
VPN connectivity may be affected
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2025-0120: GlobalProtect privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows devices, requiring local authentication and successful exploitation of a race condition.
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