CVE-2020-1981

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os < 8.1.13 - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

Description

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 (1)

[Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-377 CWE-668

Status published

Affected Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/pan-os < 8.1.13

Timeline

Published Mar 11, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026