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CVE-2020-1990

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

Severity Score

7.2
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions before 9.0.7. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1.

Una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer en la región stack de la memoria en el componente servidor de administración de PAN-OS, permite a un usuario autenticado cargar una configuración de PAN-OS corrupta y potencialmente ejecutar código con privilegios root. Este problema afecta a Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versiones 8.1 anteriores a 8.1.13; versiones 9.0 anteriores a 9.0.7. Este problema no afecta a PAN-OS versión 7.1.

*Credits: This issue was discovered by Nicholas Newsom of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2019-12-04 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-04-08 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1990 2020-04-09
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Paloaltonetworks
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"
 Pan-os
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"
 >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.13
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.13"
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Affected
Paloaltonetworks
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"
 Pan-os
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"
 >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.7
Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.7"
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Affected