OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-2028

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OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-2028

Published: June 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28957
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2028
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in PAN-OS management server when uploading a new certificate in FIPS-CC mode. A remote authenticated administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with root privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-2028

Install updates from vendor's website.

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