cve-2020-1981
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-11 18:58
Modified
2024-09-17 02:37
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Version: 8.1 < 8.1.13
Version: 8.1 !>= 8.1.13
Version: 9.0 !>= 9.0.0
Version: 7.1 !>= 7.1.0
Version: 9.1 !>= 9.1.0
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