CVE-2024-9473

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.29% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.3–7.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v4.05.2mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · ENISA EU

v4.05.2mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

v4.01.3lowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USCWE-250US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

PaloAlto Networks GlobalProtect <6.2.5all versionscert_bundDE
PaloAlto Networks GlobalProtect <6.3all versionscert_bundDE
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect< 6.2.5cert_bundDE
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect< 6.3cert_bundDE
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App≤ 6.1enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App≤ 6.0enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App≤ 6.3enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App≤ 5.1enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App6.2.0 → 6.2.5enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect App≤ 5.1fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect App6.0 → 6.0.10-c823fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect App6.1 → 6.1.4-c720fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect App6.2 → 6.2.5fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect App6.3 → 6.3.1-c383fstec_bduRU
paloaltonetworks globalprotect5.1 → 6.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks globalprotect= 6.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks globalprotect= 6.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-3118PaloAlto Networks GlobalProtect: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-10-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PaloAlto Networks GlobalProtect ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-10-09modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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