Is CVE-2020-1992 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-1992 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-1992?

CVE-2020-1992 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-1992?

CVE-2020-1992 has an EPSS score of 3.37% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1992?

Upgrade pan-os to 9.1.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-1992

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.2 on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue requires WildFire services to be configured and enabled. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 and earlier releases. This issue does not affect any other PA Series firewalls.

CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

pan-osNVD

Affected:>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.2Fixed in:9.1.2CVE-2020-1992derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

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CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
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CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
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CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.