What is CVE-2017-7218?

CVE-2017-7218 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2017-7218 Local Privilege Escalation in the Management Web Interface

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2017-7218 cover?

CVE-2017-7218 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-7218. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2017-7218?

CVE-2017-7218 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2017-7218High

CVE-2017-7218 Local Privilege Escalation in the Management Web Interface

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

April 10, 2017

Last Modified

April 10, 2017

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A vulnerability exists in the Management Web Interface that could allow for local privilege escalation. The Management Web Interface does not properly validate specific request parameters which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges. (Ref # PAN-70426/ CVE-2017-7218) Successfully exploiting this issue would require an attacker to be authenticated. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1.8 and earlier

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 7.1.9 and later Workarounds and mitigations: Palo Alto Networks recommends to implement best practice by allowing web interface access only to a dedicated management network. Additionally, restrict the set of IP addresses to a subset of authorized sources that you allow to interact with the management network.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-7218