Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.1.2 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.1.2. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-6596. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.1.2 (Firewall Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.

The weakness was shared 08/31/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6596 since 08/31/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72822 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS < 4.0.9 / 4.1.x < 4.1.3 Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Palo Alto Local Security Checks and running in the context c.

Upgrading to version 4.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87714), Tenable (72822), SecurityFocus (BID 62132†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43597†). The entries VDB-64833, VDB-64832, VDB-64831 and VDB-64830 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 72822
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS < 4.0.9 / 4.1.x < 4.1.3 Information Disclosure
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PAN-OS 4.0.2

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01/22/2012 🔍
04/27/2012 +95 days 🔍
04/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2013 +491 days 🔍
08/31/2013 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/04/2014 +185 days 🔍
03/12/2014 +8 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +376 days 🔍
10/07/2018 +1293 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64829
X-Force: 87714
SecurityFocus: 62132 - Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS CVE-2012-6596 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 43597 - Palo Alto PAN-OS Remote Passwords Leakage via authd.log File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 10/07/2018 08:13
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (59), 10/07/2018 08:13 (11)
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