User-context command execution via unsafe ActiveX controls
Published Mar 12, 2025 · Updated Mar 12, 2025
Unsafe ActiveX exposure in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App on Windows allows remote attackers to run commands as the authenticated user. Its embedded SAML browser permits ActiveX plugins instead of blocking them, enabling a malicious page to invoke controls and execute commands. Exploitation requires SAML portal authentication and an authenticated Windows user to navigate to the page during login; other platforms are unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Unsafe ActiveX exposure in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App on Windows allows remote attackers to run commands as the authenticated user. Its embedded SAML browser permits ActiveX plugins instead of blocking them, enabling a malicious page to invoke controls and execute commands. Exploitation requires SAML portal authentication and an authenticated Windows user to navigate to the page during login; other platforms are unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-0118
- Published
- Mar 12, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- GlobalProtect App
- Classifications
- CWE-618, CAPEC-104, T1204.001, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.1.0 <6.1.6 changes=[{"at":"6.1.6","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <6.2.5 changes=[{"at":"6.2.5","status":"unaffected"}]
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