Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.x < 8.1.16 / 9.0.x < 9.0.10 / 9.1.x < 9.1.4 / 10.0.x < 10.0.1 Command Injection Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 142874

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 8.1.x prior to 8.1.16 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.10 or 9.1.x prior to 9.1.4 or 10.0.x prior to 10.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- An OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface that allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code and OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN- OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1. (CVE-2020-2000)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 8.1.16 / 9.0.10 / 9.1.4 / 10.0.1 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142874

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2020-2000.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: Palo Alto Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2020

Updated: 2/19/2021

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-2020-2000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 11/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-2000

CWE: 121, 20, 78

IAVA: 2020-A-0522-S

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