Palo Alto Expedition up to 1.2.95 Device Configuration os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Palo Alto Expedition up to 1.2.95. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Device Configuration Handler. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-9463. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Expedition up to 1.2.95. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Device Configuration Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

An OS command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary OS commands as root in Expedition, resulting in disclosure of usernames, cleartext passwords, device configurations, and device API keys of PAN-OS firewalls.

The weakness was published by Enrique Castillo. The advisory is available at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-9463 since 10/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/15/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209281 (Palo Alto Networks Expedition Command Injection (CVE-2024-9463)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. This issue was added on 11/14/2024 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 12/05/2024:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 1.2.96 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209281). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• Expedition

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21
• 1.2.22
• 1.2.23
• 1.2.24
• 1.2.25
• 1.2.26
• 1.2.27
• 1.2.28
• 1.2.29
• 1.2.30
• 1.2.31
• 1.2.32
• 1.2.33
• 1.2.34
• 1.2.35
• 1.2.36
• 1.2.37
• 1.2.38
• 1.2.39
• 1.2.40
• 1.2.41
• 1.2.42
• 1.2.43
• 1.2.44
• 1.2.45
• 1.2.46
• 1.2.47
• 1.2.48
• 1.2.49
• 1.2.50
• 1.2.51
• 1.2.52
• 1.2.53
• 1.2.54
• 1.2.55
• 1.2.56
• 1.2.57
• 1.2.58
• 1.2.59
• 1.2.60
• 1.2.61
• 1.2.62
• 1.2.63
• 1.2.64
• 1.2.65
• 1.2.66
• 1.2.67
• 1.2.68
• 1.2.69
• 1.2.70
• 1.2.71
• 1.2.72
• 1.2.73
• 1.2.74
• 1.2.75
• 1.2.76
• 1.2.77
• 1.2.78
• 1.2.79
• 1.2.80
• 1.2.81
• 1.2.82
• 1.2.83
• 1.2.84
• 1.2.85
• 1.2.86
• 1.2.87
• 1.2.88
• 1.2.89
• 1.2.90
• 1.2.91
• 1.2.92
• 1.2.93
• 1.2.94
• 1.2.95

License

• commercial

Website

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

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