Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-2009PAN-OS: Panorama SD WAN arbitrary file creation

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in PAN-OS from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An external control of filename vulnerability in the SD WAN component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Panorama allows an authenticated administrator to send a request that results in the creation and write of an arbitrary file on all firewalls managed by the Panorama. In some cases this results in arbitrary code execution with root permissions. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	7.1.8.0.8.1 – before 8.1.149.0 – before 9.0.7

Weakness: CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2009 x_refsource_MISC