CVE-2020-1981: A predictable temporary filename vulnerability in PAN-OS allows local privilege escalation. This issue allows a local attacker who bypassed the restricted…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.36%

28.1th percentile

A predictable temporary filename vulnerability in PAN-OS allows local privilege escalation. This issue allows a local attacker who bypassed the restricted shell to execute commands as a low privileged user and gain root access on the PAN-OS hardware or virtual appliance. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	—	—
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	—	—
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	—	—
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	—	—
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	—	—
paloalto	pan-os	—	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.13	8.1.13

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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