CVE-2020-1986 Secdo: Local authenticated users can cause Windows system crash
A local authenticated user can cause a Windows system crash on every login due to improper input validation in Secdo.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-1986?
CVE-2020-1986 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Secdo, published on 8 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation vulnerability in Secdo allows an authenticated local user with 'create folders or append data' access to the root of the OS disk (C:\) to cause a system crash on every login. This issue affects all versions Secdo for Windows.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Secdo.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-1986 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1986 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Secdo
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rvw6-9w8h-8mp7.