CVE-2020-1991

Traps: Insecure temporary file vulnerability may allow privilege escalation on Windows

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Apr 8, 2020
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

An insecure temporary file vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Traps allows a local authenticated Windows user to escalate privileges or overwrite system files. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Traps 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 6.1 versions before 6.1.4 on Windows. This issue does not affect Cortex XDR 7.0. This issue does not affect Traps for Linux or MacOS.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-377 Insecure Temporary File

Affected Products

Product	Versions
TrapsPalo Alto Networks	5.0 to before 5.0.8Affectedfrom 5.0.8Not affected 6.1 to before 6.1.4Affectedfrom 6.1.4Not affected
Cortex XDRPalo Alto Networks	7.0.*Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991

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