CVE-2020-1981
HIGHPAN-OS 8.1.0-8.1.12 - Local Privilege Escalation via Predictable Temporary Filename
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-377
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
8.1.0 - 8.1.13
Published
Mar 11, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026