CVE-2024-2550 Details
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop the GlobalProtect service on the firewall by sending a specially crafted packet that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-2550
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.23 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (46th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2024-2550
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.5 High
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CVE-2024-2550 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 538 33.13%
DE 71 4.37%
IN 70 4.31%
GB 58 3.57%
CA 54 3.33%
CN 51 3.14%
AU 39 2.40%
TW 37 2.28%
JP 37 2.28%
FR 35 2.16%

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CVE-2024-2550 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Telecommunications 423 39.13%
Technology 409 37.84%
Government/Politics 29 2.68%
Manufacturing 24 2.22%
Business Services 23 2.13%
Finance 20 1.85%
Transportation 19 1.76%
Media/Entertainment 19 1.76%
Energy/Resources 18 1.67%
Education 16 1.48%

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