paloaltonetworks globalprotect CVE-2020-1976 is a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect
Published on February 12, 2020

GlobalProtect on MacOS: Local denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability.
A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect software running on Mac OS allows authenticated local users to cause the Mac OS kernel to hang or crash. This issue affects GlobalProtect 5.0.5 and earlier versions of GlobalProtect 5.0 on Mac OS.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-1976 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

External Control of Critical State Data

The software stores security-critical state information about its users, or the software itself, in a location that is accessible to unauthorized actors.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-1976

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
31.75%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.