CVE-2020-2003

PAN-OS: Authenticated administrator can delete arbitrary system file

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An external control of filename vulnerability in the command processing of PAN-OS allows an authenticated administrator to delete arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system or causing denial of service to all PAN-OS services. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.1.

Un control externo de la vulnerabilidad de nombre de archivo en el procesamiento de comandos de PAN-OS permite a un administrador autenticado eliminar archivos arbitrarios del sistema que afectan la integridad del sistema o causan la denegación de servicio a todos los servicios de PAN-OS. Este problema afecta a: Todas las versiones de PAN-OS 7.1 y 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versiones anteriores a la versión 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versiones anteriores a la versión 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versiones anteriores a la versión 9.1.1.

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

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
2020-05-13 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2003	2020-05-15

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"				>= 7.1.0 <= 7.1.26 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 7.1.0 <= 7.1.26"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 8.0.0 <= 8.0.20 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.0.0 <= 8.0.20"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.0.0 <= 9.0.6 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.0.0 <= 9.0.6"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.1 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.1.0 < 9.1.1"		-		Affected