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CVE-2020-1979

PAN-OS: A format string vulnerability in PAN-OS log daemon (logd) on Panorama allows local privilege escalation

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.1.13
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A format string vulnerability in the PAN-OS log daemon (logd) on Panorama allows a network based attacker with knowledge of registered firewall devices and access to Panorama management interfaces to execute arbitrary code, bypassing the restricted shell and escalating privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13 on Panorama. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

    From 8.1 · fixed in 8.1.13

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com