CVE-2020-2042

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 7.2

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue impacts only PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-2042

Assigner
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-09-09T17:15:26

Last Modified Date
2020-09-15T16:48:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-120	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	1	OR	10.0.0	10.0.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.2

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2042	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2042
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-2042

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:24:22				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 22:16:09	2020-09-09T17:15Z	2020-09-09T17:15:26	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 22:16:09		2020-09-15T16:48:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 22:16:09		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated