CVE-2020-2016CWE-377

PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation

High · published May 13, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root privilege escalation from a limited linux user account. This allows an attacker who has escaped the restricted shell as a low privilege administrator, possibly by exploiting another vulnerability, to escalate privileges to become root user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00568 · 46.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File
Published
2020-05-13T19:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAY 19:07Z
    PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation
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