Is CVE-2020-2008 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-2008 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-2008?

CVE-2020-2008 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-2008?

CVE-2020-2008 has an EPSS score of 2.76% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-2008?

No published fix for CVE-2020-2008 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-2008

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

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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.