High severity · published Apr 8, 2020
CVE-2020-1989
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
5.0 before 5.0.8; 5.1 before 5.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1989
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1989
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1989
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