CVE-2020-1981 — Insecure Temporary File in Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary FileCWE-668 — Resource Exposure6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.0
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Paloaltonetworks Pan-osPalo Alto Networks Pan-osPaloalto Pan-os
Timeline
PublishedMar 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpaloaltonetworks/pan-os8.1.0 — 8.1.13
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os
▶CVEListV5palo_alto_networks/pan-os5 versions+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7m66-gpgj-f3cr: A predictable temporary filename vulnerability in PAN-OS allows local privilege escalation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
PAN-OS: Predictable temporary filename vulnerability allows local privilege escalation↗2020-03-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Palo Alto
PAN-OS: Predictable temporary filename vulnerability allows local privilege escalation↗2020-03-11
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6461 chromium-browser: Use after free in storage↗2020-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6462 chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling↗2020-04-28
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