CVE-2020-1984

HIGH

Secdo - Privilege Escalation via Hardcoded Script Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Secdo tries to execute a script at a hardcoded path if present, which allows a local authenticated user with 'create folders or append data' access to the root of the OS disk (C:\) to gain system privileges if the path does not already exist or is writable. This issue affects all versions of Secdo for Windows.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1984

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-73
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/secdo
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026