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CVE-2020-1981 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-668	Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere	[email protected]
CWE-377	Insecure Temporary File	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
paloaltonetworks pan-os	>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.13
CPE cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 13, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]