Man-in-the-middle Vulnerability in GlobalProtect App

2012-10-2207:00:00

Palo Alto Networks Product Security Incident Response Team

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CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.9%

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A vulnerability exists in NetConnect (all version) and GlobalPortect App (1.1.6 and earlier) whereby the agent does not verify the certificate presented by the portal server, enabling a possible Man-in-the-middle attack.
This vulnerability can result in an agent connecting to an attacker-controlled server allowing the attacker to receive the username and password of the affected user.
This issue affects NetConnect (all versions); GlobalProtect App (1.1.6 and earlier).

Work around:
No mitigations available.