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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.x < 8.0.6-h3 Web Interface Packet Capture Management Unspecified Remote Command Injection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105299

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a remote command injection vulnerability.

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 8.0.x prior to 8.0.6-h3. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw in the web interface packet capture management that allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary commands.

Solution

Upgrade to Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS version 8.0.6-h3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bbe4facb

http://www.nessus.org/u?3dffbd8c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105299

File Name: palo_alto_pan-os_8_0_6_h3.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Published: 12/15/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15940

BID: 102076