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CVE-2020-2016 A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root…

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
PAN-OS 9.1 earliest → < 9.1.0 9.1.0
PAN-OS 9.0 9.0 → < 9.0.6 9.0.6
PAN-OS 8.1 8.1 → < 8.1.13 8.1.13
PAN-OS 7.1 7.1 → < 7.1.26 7.1.26

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