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CVE-2020-2016 Details

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2016 CVEVendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2016 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]
CWE-377Insecure Temporary File[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
paloaltonetworks pan-os
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.26
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.20
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.13
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-2016
NVD Published Date:
May 13, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-2016 Details - Not Deferred