CVE-2020-1984
HIGHSecdo - Privilege Escalation via Hardcoded Script Path
Title source: llmDescription
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