Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.2 Management Interface os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Management Interface. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-2037. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.2 (Firewall Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

The weakness was published 09/09/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at security.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-2037 since 12/04/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.1.16, 9.0.10 or 9.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-160989, VDB-160988, VDB-160987 and VDB-160986. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• PAN-OS

Version

• 8.1.0
• 8.1.1
• 8.1.2
• 8.1.3
• 8.1.4
• 8.1.5
• 8.1.6
• 8.1.7
• 8.1.8
• 8.1.9
• 8.1.10
• 8.1.11
• 8.1.12
• 8.1.13
• 8.1.14
• 8.1.15
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 9.0.4
• 9.0.5
• 9.0.6
• 9.0.7
• 9.0.8
• 9.0.9
• 9.1.0
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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