CVE-2020-2000

PAN-OS: OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface that allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code and OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

Una vulnerabilidad de corrupción de memoria e inyección de comandos del Sistema Operativo en la interfaz web de administración de PAN-OS que permite a los administradores autenticados interrumpir los procesos del sistema y ejecutar potencialmente código arbitrario y comandos del Sistema Operativo con privilegios root. Este problema afecta: versiones PAN-OS 8.1 anteriores a PAN-OS 8.1.16; versiones PAN-OS 9.0 anteriores a PAN-OS 9.0.10; versiones PAN-OS 9.1 anteriores a PAN-OS 9.1.4; versiones PAN-OS 10.0 anteriores a PAN-OS 10.0.1

*Credits: This issue was found by Nicholas Newsom of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.

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
2020-11-12 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2000	2020-11-16

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 < 8.1.16 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.16"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.10 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.10"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.4 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.1.0 < 9.1.4"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.1 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.1"		-		Affected