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    CVE-2020-2040

    A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

    Published:Sep 9, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 9, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.02913
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Paloaltonetworks
    Product
    Pan-os

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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