CVE-2020-1987

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1987
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-14 13:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn information exposure vulnerability in the logging component of Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent allows a local authenticated user to read VPN cookie information when the troubleshooting logging level is set to "Dump". This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent 5.0 versions prior to 5.0.9; 5.1 versions prior to 5.1.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-1987 GlobalProtect Agent: VPN cookie local information disclosure MISC security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks Ahmet Hrnjadovic for discovering and reporting this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375898 Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App Virtual Private Network (VPN) Cookie Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability (GPC-9393)
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