Command injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2017-15940
Published: December 18, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9664
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15940
CWE-ID: CWE-77
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 execute arbitrary command on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the web interface packet capture management function to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the web interface packet capture management function to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15940
Update to version 6.1.19, 7.0.19, 7.1.14.