CVE-2019-17437 (GCVE-0-2019-17437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-05 14:11 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:10
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Summary
An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Unknown: unspecified , ≤ 7.0 (custom)
Affected: 7.1 , < 7.1.25 (custom)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0.20 (custom)
Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.11 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.5 (custom)
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Credits
Christophe Schleypen of NCIA / NCIRC
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