CVE-2020-1988

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.37% (31st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.2–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.14.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · psirt@paloaltonetworks.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.4

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-428USprimaryCWE-428US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent4.1 → 4.1.13enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent5.0 → 5.0.5enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect Agent for Windows4.1.0 → 4.1.12fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. GlobalProtect Agent for Windows5.0 → 5.0.5fstec_bduRU
paloaltonetworks globalprotect4.1.0 → 4.1.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks globalprotect5.0.0 → 5.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-04-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

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