High severity · published May 13, 2020
CVE-2020-2015
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges
8.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% 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
7.1.0 before 7.1.26; 8.0.0 through 8.0.20; 8.1.0 before 8.1.13; 9.0.0 before 9.0.7; 9.1.0 before 9.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2015
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2015
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