CVE-2020-1991
An insecure temporary file vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Traps allows a local authenticated Windows user to escalate privileges or overwrite system files. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Traps 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 6.1 versions before 6.1.4 on Windows. This issue does not affect Cortex XDR 7.0. This issue does not affect Traps for Linux or MacOS.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.04%
- CWE
- CWE-377
- Published
- 2020-04-08
- Last modified
- 2026-03-14
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Traps
- Palo Alto Networks Traps
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Weakness type
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