CVE-2020-1996 (GCVE-0-2020-1996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-13 19:07 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:20
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Summary
A missing authorization vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS Panorama allows a remote unauthenticated user to inject messages into the management server ms.log file. This vulnerability can be leveraged to obfuscate an ongoing attack or fabricate log entries in the ms.log file This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.9.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Affected: 7.1.*
Affected: 8.0.*
Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.14 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.9 (custom)
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Credits
This issue was found by Ben Nott of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.
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