Is CVE-2020-1981 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-1981 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-1981?

CVE-2020-1981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-1981?

CVE-2020-1981 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1981?

Upgrade pan-os to 8.1.13 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-1981

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-377 CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

pan-osNVD

Affected:>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.13Fixed in:8.1.13CVE-2020-1981derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-377 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-5224	Critical	9.8	4.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-20204	High	7.1	3.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-3710	High	7.8	2.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-16024	Medium	6.5	2.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-2666	Critical	9.8	1.9%	-	-
CVE-2018-16494	High	8.8	1.9%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.