CVE-2020-2016
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-2016 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-05-13 19:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-05-15 19:00:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-362
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-2016 PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation | CONFIRM | security.paloaltonetworks.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for discovering and reporting this issue.
LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks the NCC Group for finding this issue independently during a contracted PAN-OS security assessment.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.