CVE-2020-2009

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS7.1.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.0.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.14affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 < 9.0.7affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-73: CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

Workarounds

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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