Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.8 Web Management Interface access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.8. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-7218. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.8 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 7.1.9 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified request parameters.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2017 by Christophe Schleypen as PAN-70426 / PAN-SA-2017-0009 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7218 since 03/21/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99438 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 7.0.x < 7.0.14 / 7.1.x < 7.1.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PAN-SA-2017-0008 - PAN-SA-2017-0010)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13320 (Palo Alto Networks Multiple Vulnerabilities in Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2017-0009,PAN-SA-2017-0010)).

Upgrading to version 7.1.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99438), SecurityFocus (BID 97592†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038248†). The entries VDB-99761 and VDB-100804 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 99438
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 7.0.x < 7.0.14 / 7.1.x < 7.1.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PAN-SA-2017-0008 - PAN-SA-2017-0010)
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OpenVAS ID: 103238
OpenVAS Name: Palo Alto PAN-OS Local Privilege Escalation in the Management Web Interface
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PAN-OS 7.1.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: PAN-70426 / PAN-SA-2017-0009
Researcher: Christophe Schleypen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99762
SecurityFocus: 97592 - Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS CVE-2017-7218 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-7218 - Palo Alto Networks - PAN-OS - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038248

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2017 20:42
Updated: 08/30/2020 09:04
Changes: 04/13/2017 20:42 (75), 08/30/2020 09:04 (12)
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