High severity · published Dec 5, 2019
CVE-2019-17437
An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
7.1.0 before 7.1.25; 8.0.0 before 8.0.20; 8.1.0 before 8.1.11; 9.0.0 before 9.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17437
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17437
Vendor Advisory
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/159
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