SB2020091025 - Privilege escalation in Palo Alto PAN-OS
Published: September 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020091025
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2042)
CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the management web interface. A remote authenticated administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.