SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-2008

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a…

HIGH 7.2EPSS 2.76%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.76% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-73, CWE-78
Affected
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.