High severity · published Jul 8, 2020
CVE-2020-2034
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges
8.1
CVSS
7.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker requires some knowledge of the firewall to exploit this issue. This issue can not be exploited if GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled. This issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1. Prisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.2% · higher than 94% 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 through 7.1.26; 8.0.0 through 8.0.20; 8.1.0 before 8.1.15; 9.0.0 before 9.0.9; 9.1.0 before 9.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2034
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2034
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2034
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