CVE-2024-2432

Summary

CVE-2024-2432 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices. This issue allows a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges, but exploitation hinges on successfully manipulating a race condition. While details of the exact race condition are not provided, the vulnerability poses a potential security risk for impacted systems. Organizations running GlobalProtect on Windows platforms are encouraged to apply the forthcoming patch to mitigate this threat.

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