Globalprotect EUVD-2025-18224

This vulnerability presents a CRITICAL real-world risk despite not being confirmed as actively exploited in public KEV databases at the time of analysis. Risk factors: (1) CVSS 8.8 with network-accessible attack vector and low attack complexity indicates trivial exploitation requirements; (2) Requires only low privileges (non-admin user) to trigger, matching common user profiles; (3) UI interaction not required (UI:N), reducing operational friction for exploitation; (4) The scope is unchanged but impact is severe across CIA triad (C:H/I:H/A:H), meaning full system compromise; (5) Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in VPN clients are particularly dangerous as they bypass intended security boundaries. The EPSS score would likely be elevated (estimated 0.85+) given the direct privilege escalation and low barrier to exploitation. This is NOT a false-positive high CVSS—the technical characteristics align with genuine critical risk: an unprivileged user achieving root access on a system that should be security-hardened.

A non-administrative employee on a macOS system with GlobalProtect installed attempts to use the application's log collection feature to export diagnostic logs (a legitimate end-user feature). The attacker crafts a malicious wildcard or special character sequence in a log filename or collection parameter (e.g., a path containing shell metacharacters or glob expansions). When the log collection process executes with elevated privileges to gather system logs, the unsanitized wildcard is interpreted, allowing command injection or path traversal that yields root-level code execution. The attacker can then install malware, modify system files, or pivot to other systems on the network. No social engineering required beyond normal system access. If a proof-of-concept exists, exploitation becomes trivial for even unsophisticated attackers, turning this into a wormable privilege escalation in enterprise environments where GlobalProtect is centrally deployed.