CVE-2020-1991

HIGH

Palo Alto Networks Traps <5.0.8-6.1.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 17.7%
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-269 CWE-377
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/traps 5.0 - 5.0.8
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026