High severity · published Nov 18, 2024
CVE-2024-9474
PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface
RansomwareIn wildKEV
7.2
CVSS
93.8%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)93.8% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Nov 18, 2024
Federal remediation dueDec 9, 2024
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
11.2.0 before 11.2.4-h1; 11.1.0 before 11.1.5-h1; 11.0.0 before 11.0.6-h1; 10.2.0 before 10.2.12-h2; 10.1.0 before 10.1.14-h6 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9474
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9474
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
vendor-advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474
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