CVE-2019-17437

PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

Una comprobación de autenticación inapropiada en PAN-OS de Palo Alto Networks puede permitir a un usuario de rol personalizado no superusuario poco privilegiado autenticado elevar los privilegios y convertirse en superusuario. Este problema afecta a PAN-OS versiones 7.1 anteriores a 7.1.25; versiones 8.0 anteriores a 8.0.20; versiones 8.1 anteriores a 8.1.11; versiones 9.0 anteriores a 9.0.5. PAN-OS versión 7.0 y versiones EOL anteriores no han sido evaluadas para este problema.

*Credits: Christophe Schleypen of NCIA / NCIRC

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-10-10 CVE Reserved
2019-12-05 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/159	2019-12-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 7.1.0 < 7.1.25 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 7.1.0 < 7.1.25"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 8.0.0 < 8.0.20 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.0.0 < 8.0.20"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.11 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.11"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5"		-		Affected