Input validation error in Secdo - CVE-2020-1986

 

Input validation error in Secdo - CVE-2020-1986

Published: April 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26737
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1986
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Secdo

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user with "create folders or append data" access to the root of the OS disk (C:\) can cause a system crash on every login.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-1986

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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