{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Traps: Insecure temporary file vulnerability may allow privilege escalation on Windows"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2020-1991","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:34:34.639Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:34:34.639Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2020-1991","initial_release_date":"2020-04-08T16:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2020-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2020-05-12T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Updated affected versions"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2020-1991","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-Traps-4","PANW-Traps-5"],"known_affected":["PANW-Traps-2","PANW-Traps-3","PANW-Traps-4","PANW-Traps-5"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"An insecure temporary file vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Traps allows a local authenticated Windows user to escalate privileges or overwrite system files.\n\nThis issue affects Palo Alto Networks Traps 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 6.1 versions before 6.1.4 on Windows; all versions of 6.0, 4.2, 4.1, and older releases on Windows.\n\nThis issue does not affect Cortex XDR 7.0.\nThis issue does not affect Traps for Linux or MacOS."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2020-1991","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1991"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2020-1991","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"An insecure temporary file vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Traps allows a local authenticated Windows user to escalate privileges or overwrite system files.\n\nThis issue affects Palo Alto Networks Traps 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 6.1 versions before 6.1.4 on Windows; all versions of 6.0, 4.2, 4.1, and older releases on Windows.\n\nThis issue does not affect Cortex XDR 7.0.\nThis issue does not affect Traps for Linux or MacOS."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-Traps-2","PANW-Traps-3","PANW-Traps-4","PANW-Traps-5"]}]}]}