CVE-2020-1989

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-1989
  • Assigner
  • psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-04-08T19:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-04-09T19:56:56
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR 5.0 5.0.8
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* 1 OR 5.1 5.1.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1989 Vendor Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:44:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 14:13:02 2020-04-08T19:15Z 2020-04-08T19:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 14:13:02 2020-04-09T19:56:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 14:13:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated