CVE-2020-1976 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2020-02-12

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Palo Alto Networks

GlobalProtect

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0`	affected	≤ 5.0.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in GlobalProtect 5.0.6, GlobalProtect 5.1.0, and all later versions.

Vendor Workaround

n/a

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-12766	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1976

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00135}`	epss `{'score': 0.00126}`

Subscriptions

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2020-02-12T22:57:08.144Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:51:07.142Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1976

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-12T23:15:11.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:46.160

Link: CVE-2020-1976

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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