Security restrictions bypass in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2018-9242
Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: July 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13862
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9242
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted request parameters to exploit a flaw in the Management interface and delete files on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9242
The vulnerability is fixed in the versions 6.1.21, 7.1.17, 8.0.10.