Two Palo Alto vulnerabilities, chained together, root access in minutes. Here is what that looks like in practice.
1 min
April 1, 2025
Here is a demonstration of a recently released Palo Alto exploit to gain root level privileges. It leverages authentication bypass (CVE-2024-0012) and a privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-9474) to quickly compromise a vulnerable endpoint. Administrators should be aware of how easy it is for threat actors to leverage Zero-Days, and ensure security programs have robust patching and hardware upgrade processes in place to protect the organization’s perimeter.
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Manager, Security Advisory
Alex Shi brings experience across IT operations, security program management and hands on security testing. At Netrix Global, he leads offensive security engagements designed to help organizations better understand and address security risk.
