CVE-2020-2016

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os < 7.1.26 - Race Condition

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.9%
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-362 CWE-377
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os 7.1.0 - 7.1.26
Published May 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026