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CVE-2024-2432 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows. The flaw allows a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges if they can successfully win a race condition during exploitation. The available information identifies the issue as a race-condition-dependent privilege escalation affecting the Windows GlobalProtect client, but does not provide further detail about the specific vulnerable function or code path.
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This repository contains a local privilege escalation (LPE) exploit for CVE-2024-2432, targeting Palo Alto GlobalProtect for Windows (App versions 6.1.1-5 and 6.2.0-89). The exploit abuses a vulnerability in the PanGpHip.exe process, which, when a user connects to the VPN, recursively deletes files and directories in the user's temp directory with SYSTEM privileges. By creating a carefully crafted directory structure, symbolic links, and junctions, and leveraging opportunistic locks (OpLocks), an unprivileged user can trick the privileged process into deleting or overwriting arbitrary files, including protected system files. The exploit can be used to delete arbitrary files or to escalate privileges by overwriting Windows Installer rollback scripts, leading to code execution as SYSTEM. The main exploit logic is implemented in C++ (Source.cpp), with supporting code for OpLock handling (FileOplock.cpp/h) and Windows API definitions (def.h). The README provides detailed step-by-step instructions for two methods of exploitation, including file and directory names, and describes how to leverage the arbitrary file delete for privilege escalation. The exploit is operational and provides a working PoC for both file deletion and privilege escalation on vulnerable systems.
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