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01 Record

CVE-2020-1981

PAN-OS: Predictable temporary filename vulnerability allows local privilege escalation

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score7.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

PAN-OS: Predictable temporary filename vulnerability allows local privilege escalation

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-03-11 18:58Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 02:37Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-04
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass
  • CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
6b44bfbb62e588645cca36993efc30a3ad58062f9a1c01f7a6511f36a7333fb9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.13, 8.1 !>= 8.1.13, 9.0 !>= 9.0.0, 7.1 !>= 7.1.0, 9.1 !>= 9.1.0—

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13 and all later PAN-OS 8.1 versions.