Is CVE-2025-0120 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-0120 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-06-27.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-0120?

CVE-2025-0120 has a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH severity). Vector: 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: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-2025-0120?

Patch guidance is available from paloaltonetworks security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-0120.

Fix CVE-2025-0120 - HIGH paloaltonetworks globalprotect

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-0120?

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

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: 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: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-250

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PALOALTONETWORKS
Published: 4/11/2025
Last Modified: 6/27/2025
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