CVE-2020-2038

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface

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 management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.

Una vulnerabilidad de Inyección de Comandos del Sistema Operativo en la interfaz de administración de PAN-OS que permite a los administradores autenticados ejecutar comandos de Sistema Operativo arbitrarios con privilegios root. Este problema impacta a: Versiones PAN-OS 9.0 anteriores a 9.0.10; Versiones PAN-OS 9.1 anteriores a 9.1.4; Versiones PAN-OS 10.0 anteriores a 10.0.1.

PAN-OS version 10.0 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability.

*Credits: Palo Alto Networks thanks Mikhail Klyuchnikov and Nikita Abramov of Positive Technologies 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
2020-09-09 CVE Published
2022-08-03 First Exploit
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-11-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/swarm-of-palo-alto-pan-os-vulnerabilities

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51005	2022-08-09
https://github.com/und3sc0n0c1d0/CVE-2020-2038	2022-08-03
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168008/PAN-OS-10.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html	2024-09-16
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168408/Palo-Alto-Networks-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2038	2020-09-09

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"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.10 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.10"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.4 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 9.1.0 < 9.1.4"		-		Affected
Paloaltonetworks Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks"		Pan-os Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os"				>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.1 Search vendor "Paloaltonetworks" for product "Pan-os" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.1"		-		Affected