CVE-2020-2001High

CVE-2020-2001 PAN-OS: Panorama External control of file vulnerability leads to privilege escalation

Published
May 13, 2020
Last Modified
September 11, 2020

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CVE-2020-2001 →

📋 Description

An external control of path and data vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Panorama XSLT processing logic that allows an unauthenticated user with network access to PAN-OS management interface to write attacker supplied file on the system and elevate privileges.

This issue affects: All PAN-OS 7.1 Panorama and 8.0 Panorama versions; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12 on Panorama; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6 on Panorama.

🎯 Affected products1

  • PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.12, PAN-OS 9.0.6, and all later PAN-OS versions. PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes. PAN-OS 8.0 is now end-of-life as of October 31, 2019, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue impacts the management web interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management web interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

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