CVE-2020-1980

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1980
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-11 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-13 19:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA shell command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS CLI allows a local authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and escalate privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-1980 PAN-OS: Shell injection vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI allows execution of shell commands CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was discovered during an internal security review.

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