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PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation

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PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/13/2020
Created
06/18/2020
Added
06/18/2020
Modified
10/05/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-0

References

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