Command injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2017-15940
Published: December 18, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9664
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15940
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15940
Update to version 6.1.19, 7.0.19, 7.1.14.