Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-2038PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection 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 86.2% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)86.2%top 0.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	10.0 – before 10.0.19.0 – before 9.0.109.1 – before 9.1.4

Weakness: CWE-78 · 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-2020-2038 x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168008/PAN-OS-10.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168408/Palo-Alto-Networks-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC