Security restrictions bypass in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2018-9242

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13862

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9242

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Palo Alto PAN-OS
Ubuntu
ovmf (Ubuntu package)
qemu-efi (Ubuntu package)
qemu-efi-aarch64 (Ubuntu package)
qemu-efi-arm (Ubuntu package)

The vulnerability is fixed in the versions 6.1.21, 7.1.17, 8.0.10.

Palo Alto PAN-OS - addressed in versions 6.1.21, 7.1.17, 8.0.10
ovmf (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
qemu-efi (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
qemu-efi-aarch64 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
qemu-efi-arm (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro

• http://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/123

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Palo Alto PAN-OS
• Ubuntu update for edk2