OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-2010
Published: May 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27889
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2010
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in PAN-OS management interface. A remote authenticated administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with root privileges.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2010
Install updates from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - addressed in versions 8.1.14, 9.0.7