OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-2008
Published: May 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27891
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-2020-2008
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 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. A remote authenticated administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2008
Install updates from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - update to 8.1.14