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High · 7.0 CVE-2020-2016 EUVD-2020-22044GHSA-phhf-m45q-vcxw

PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation

Published May 13, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.*, 7.1 – < 7.1.26, 8.1 – < 8.1.13, 9.0 – < 9.0.6 7.1.26

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