Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.12 CLI command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.12. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component CLI. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-1980. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.12 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown function of the component CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A shell command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS CLI allows a local authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and escalate privileges. 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. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1980 since 12/04/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.1.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PAN-OS 8.1.13

Timelineinfo

12/04/2019 🔍
03/11/2020 +98 days 🔍
03/12/2020 +1 days 🔍
04/13/2024 +1493 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-1980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-1980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151347
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2020 08:54
Updated: 04/13/2024 11:13
Changes: 03/12/2020 08:54 (40), 03/12/2020 08:59 (12), 04/13/2024 11:13 (34)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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