Palo Alto PAN-OS Temp Directory temp file

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Temp Directory Handler. Such manipulation leads to temp file. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Temp Directory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a temp file vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-377. Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 05/13/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-2016 since 12/04/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Temp file
CWE: CWE-377
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/04/2019 🔍
05/13/2020 +161 days 🔍
05/14/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/17/2020 +156 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-2016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-2016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155222
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2020 08:52
Updated: 10/17/2020 18:53
Changes: 05/14/2020 08:52 (35), 05/14/2020 08:57 (12), 10/17/2020 18:53 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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