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CVE-2020-2016

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Published: May 13, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.0
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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 (4)

Pan Os
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Paloaltonetworks
From 7.1.0 to 7.1.26
From 8.0.0 to 8.0.20
From 8.1.0 to 8.1.13
From 9.0.0 to 9.0.6

References (2)

Source: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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