CVE-2012-6593 Command Injection Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2012-6593

CVE-2012-6593 Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity 9.8 · CRITICAL

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

NVD JSON

Published 2012-04-27

Updated 2012-04-27

Reference 30088 PAN-SA-2012-0004

Description

A vulnerability exists whereby an unauthenticated user can inject commands as root on the device. (Ref #30088)

This vulnerability can result in arbitrary command execution, and can result in total compromise of the device.

This issue affects PAN-OS 4.0.3 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1.9 and earlier.

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 4.0	<= 4.0.3	>= 4.0.4
PAN-OS 3.1	<= 3.1.9	>= 3.1.10

Severity: CRITICAL

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness Type

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Solution

PAN-OS 4.0.4 and later; PAN-OS 3.1.10 and later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.