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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1981

CVE-2020-1981

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.

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Affected products

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  • Paloaltonetworks/Pan OS3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.1.0,<8.1.13
    • (no CPE)range: <8.1.13
    • (no CPE)range: 8.1 < 8.1.13
  • PAN OS/PAN-OSllm-fuzzy
    Range: <8.1.13

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