CVE-2020-1979

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

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Mar 11, 2020
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	8.1 to before 8.1.13Affectedfrom 8.1.13Not affected 9.0.0 to before 9.0Not affected 7.1.0 to before 7.1Not affected 9.1.0 to before 9.1*Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1979

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