CVE-2020-2038: high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface
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78Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.2epss 86%
from disclosure to weapon693 days
Published on NVDSep 9
1st PoC+693d
metasploitSep 9
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OSpublic PoCs found — 4
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