CVE-2020-2029

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in management interface certificate generator

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13.

Una vulnerabilidad de inyección de comandos del Sistema Operativo en la interfaz de administración web de PAN-OS, permite a administradores autenticados ejecutar comandos arbitrarios del Sistema Operativo con privilegios root mediante el envío de una petición maliciosa para generar nuevos certificados para su uso en la configuración de PAN-OS. Este problema afecta a: Todas las versiones de PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS versiones 7.1 anteriores a PAN-OS versión 7.1.26; PAN-OS versiones 8.1 anteriores a PAN-OS versión 8.1.13

*Credits: Palo Alto Networks thanks Przemysław Kowalski of STM Solutions for discovering and reporting this issue.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-04 CVE Reserved
2020-06-10 CVE Published
2023-03-22 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2029	2020-06-16

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 < 7.1.26 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 7.1.0 < 7.1.26"		-		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 < 8.1.13 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.13"		-		Affected