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01 Record

CVE-2020-1991

Traps: Insecure temporary file vulnerability may allow privilege escalation on Windows

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Traps: Insecure temporary file vulnerability may allow privilege escalation on Windows

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 19.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-04-08 18:41Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 00:17Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-04
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass
  • CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
478e1ef5cf9d66e1f75e814ba7012bf26db38c5a645b31e6f9ce33639f7a584d

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksTraps5.0 to < 5.0.8, 6.1 to < 6.1.4Windows
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDRNot specified—

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in Traps 5.0.8, 6.1.4 and later versions.