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.
Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-os | Paloaltonetworks | 7.1.0 (including) | 7.1.26 (excluding) |
| Pan-os | Paloaltonetworks | 8.0.0 (including) | 8.0.20 (including) |
| Pan-os | Paloaltonetworks | 8.1.0 (including) | 8.1.13 (excluding) |
| Pan-os | Paloaltonetworks | 9.0.0 (including) | 9.0.6 (excluding) |