CVE-2020-1994
PAN-OS: Predictable temporary file vulnerability
At a glance Severity MEDIUM 4.1 EPSS EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2020-05-13 Updated 2024-09-16 Assigner palo_alto NVD status Modified
Description A predictable temporary file vulnerability in PAN-OS allows a local authenticated user with shell access to corrupt arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N palo_alto CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.1.0 ≤ 7.1.26cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0.0 ≤ 8.0.20cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.1.0 < 8.1.13cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.0 ≤ 9.0.6
Affected products Product Versions Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS affected 7.1.* ; affected 8.0.* ; affected 8.1 < 8.1.13 ; affected 9.0 < 9.0.7 ; unaffected 9.1.0 < 9.1*
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