High severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-2000
An OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface that allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and…
7.2
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% 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
8.1.0 before 8.1.16; 9.0.0 before 9.0.10; 9.1.0 before 9.1.4; 10.0.0 before 10.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2000
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2000
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2000
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