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CVE-2020-1979

Published: Mar 11, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

Description

A format string vulnerability in the PAN-OS log daemon (logd) on Panorama allows a network based attacker with knowledge of registered firewall devices and access to Panorama management interfaces to execute arbitrary code, bypassing the restricted shell and escalating privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13 on Panorama. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions.

VendorProductVersions

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

affected
8.1 - < 8.1.13
unaffected
9.0.0 - < 9.0*
unaffected
7.1.0 - < 7.1*
unaffected
9.1.0 - < 9.1*

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-134

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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