Is CVE-2024-9473 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-9473 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-9473?

CVE-2024-9473 has a CVSS score of 5.2 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS: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:Amber.

How do I patch CVE-2024-9473?

Patch guidance is available from paloaltonetworks security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-9473.

CVE-2024-9473 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2024-9473?

3 products: paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS: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:Amber
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Confidentiality: undefined
Integrity: undefined
Availability: undefined
Weaknesses: CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PALOALTONETWORKS
Published: 10/9/2024
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

paloaltonetworks : globalprotectpaloaltonetworks : globalprotectpaloaltonetworks : globalprotect

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD