NetSight
high7.0

CVE-2020-1981

A predictable temporary filename vulnerability in PAN-OS allows local privilege escalation.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PaloaltonetworksPan-Os
from 8.1.0 before 8.1.13

Weakness classification

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