VDB-98319 · CVE-2017-6356 · BID 96925

Palo Alto Terminal Services Agent 6.0/7.0/8.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Palo Alto Terminal Services Agent 6.0/7.0/8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-6356. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Palo Alto Terminal Services Agent 6.0/7.0/8.0. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Palo Alto Networks Terminal Services (aka TS) Agent 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 before 8.0.1 uses weak permissions for unspecified resources, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive session information via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2017. The weakness was shared 03/20/2017 with Palo Alto (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6356 since 02/28/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96925†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Terminal Services Agent 8.0.1

Timelineinfo

02/28/2017 🔍
03/15/2017 +15 days 🔍
03/15/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2017 +5 days 🔍
03/20/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/10/2020 +1269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com
Organization: Palo Alto
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-6356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98319
SecurityFocus: 96925 - Palo Alto Networks Terminal Services CVE-2017-6356 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6356 - Palo Alto Networks - TS Agent - Information Disclosure Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2017 07:53
Updated: 09/10/2020 12:56
Changes: 03/21/2017 07:53 (62), 09/10/2020 12:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:0A9:103

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