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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 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.

    Published:May 13, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 13, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00164
    CVSS Score:7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Paloaltonetworks
    Product
    Pan-os

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High