CVE-2020-1981

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.042

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.5	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.4-h2	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.4	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.0	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.11	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.6-h2	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.6	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.1	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.12	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.8-h4	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.8	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.7	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.2	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.9	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.8-h5	NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in pan-os 8.1.3	NCM
Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1981)	NCM

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234