Traps: Insecure temporary file vulnerability may allow privilege escalation on Windows
CVE-2020-1991

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Status
Traps
Cortex Xdr
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2020

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

Cortex XDR 7.0.*

Traps Windows 5.0 < 5.0.8

Traps Windows 6.1 < 6.1.4

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Palo Alto Networks thanks Lasse Trolle Borup of Danish Cyber Defence for discovering and reporting this issue.
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