CVE-2020-1981

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-1981
  • Assigner
  • psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-03-11T19:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-03-13T20:00:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-668 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.1.0 8.1.13
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1981 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1981
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1981
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:47:49 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 12:25:35 2020-03-11T19:15Z 2020-03-11T19:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 12:25:35 2020-03-13T20:00:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 12:25:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated