PT-2025-21208 · Palo Alto Networks+1 · Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect+1

Published 2025-05-14 · Updated 2025-05-15 · CVE-2025-0131

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an incorrect privilege management vulnerability in the OPSWAT MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK used by the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices. This allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM. However, exploitation requires the local user to also successfully exploit a race condition, making this issue difficult to exploit.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-266

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05705

CVE-2025-0131

Affected Products

Opswat Metadefender Endpoint Security Sdk

Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05705 · Security Note
• https://opswat.com/docs/mdsdk/release-notes/cve-2025-0131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0131 · Security Note
• https://reddit.com/r/paloaltonetworks/comments/1kmtnvm/11_new_security_advisories_may_14_2025 · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1922765605859623286 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1922825650613739912 · Twitter Post
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0131 · Note
• https://opswat.com/products/metadefender/endpoint-security-sdk · Note