| CVE-2020-2016 | Date: (C)2020-05-14 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.0 | CVSS Score : 8.5 |
| Exploit Score: 1.0 | Exploit Score: 6.8 |
| Impact Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 10.0 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: SINGLE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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