What is CVE-2015-4162?

CVE-2015-4162 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Medium severity. CVE-2015-4162 XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2015-4162 cover?

CVE-2015-4162 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2015-4162. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2015-4162?

CVE-2015-4162 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2015-4162Medium

CVE-2015-4162 XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

May 29, 2015

Last Modified

May 29, 2015

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

An XML parsing vulnerability exists in PAN-OS allowing a malicious user within PAN-OS to inject malicious XML data into the web-based device management front-end allowing the user to retrieve arbitrary content from the device. The user must be an authenticated user issuing the request. (Ref #71273) This issue affects the management interface of the device, where an authenticated administrator injects malicious XML data into the web UI interface. This issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.15 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.7 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.3 and earlier

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 5.0.16; PAN-OS 6.0.8; PAN-OS 6.1.4 Workarounds and mitigations: This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2015-4162