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CVE-2020-2016

A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root pri

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.00207
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-377Insecure Temporary File
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Affected Products & Versions

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paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 7.1.0 and < 7.1.26
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.0.20
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 8.1.0 and < 8.1.13
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 9.0.0 and < 9.0.6
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Scoring & Timeline

7
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 May 2020 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2016Vendor Advisory
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