CVE-2012-6603 Credential Bypass Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2012-6603

CVE-2012-6603 Credential Bypass 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 37034 PAN-SA-2012-0014

Description

A vulnerability exists whereby an unauthenticated user can get administrator access to the device via the web management UI without supplying credentials. (Ref #37034)

This vulnerability can result in total compromise of the device.

This issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.3 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.9 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1.11 and earlier.

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 4.1	<= 4.1.3	>= 4.1.4
PAN-OS 4.0	<= 4.0.9	>= 4.0.10
PAN-OS 3.1	<= 3.1.11	>= 3.1.12

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-287 Improper Authentication

Solution

PAN-OS 4.1.4 and later; PAN-OS 4.0.10 and later; PAN-OS 3.1.12 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.