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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.0 High

CVE-2020-2016

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
palo_alto

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

  • 8.0.*affected
  • 7.1 to < 7.1.26affected
  • 8.1 to < 8.1.13affected
  • 9.0 to < 9.0.6affected
  • 9.1.0 to < 9.1*unaffected

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