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CVE-2020-1981

Published: Mar 11, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

affected
8.1 < 8.1.13
affected
8.1 !>= 8.1.13
affected
9.0 !>= 9.0.0
affected
7.1 !>= 7.1.0
affected
9.1 !>= 9.1.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-377

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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