High severity · published Nov 10, 2021
CVE-2021-3060
An OS command injection vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature of PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with…
8.1
CVSS
32.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An OS command injection vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature of PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the firewall configuration to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interfaces to exploit this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers with Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred and Prisma Access 2.1 Innovation firewalls are impacted by this issue.
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)32.5% · higher than 98% 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
8.1.0 through 8.1.20; 9.0.0 through 9.0.14; 9.1.0 through 9.1.11; 10.0.0 before 10.0.8; 10.1.0 before 10.1.3 · source: NVD
PA
Prisma Access · Paloaltonetworks
2.1; 2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3060
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/certificate-management/configure-the-master-key.html
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-access/innovation/2-1/prisma-access-panorama-admin/prepare-the-prisma-access-infrastructure/get-started-with-prisma-access-overview.html
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3060
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