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Palo Alto PAN-OS Local Privilege Escalation in the Management Web Interface

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Palo Alto PAN-OS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Management Web Interface that could allow for local privilege escalation. The Management Web Interface does not properly validate specific request parameters which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges.

Affected Software

Affected Software

PAN-OS 7.1.8 and earlier

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to PAN-OS 7.1.9 or later

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)