Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.x < 10.1.14-h6 / 10.2.x < 10.2.12-h2 / 11.0.x < 11.0.6-h1 / 11.1.x < 11.1.5-h1 / 11.2.x < 11.2.4-h1 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211513

Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 10.1.x prior to 10.1.14-h6 or 10.2.x prior to 10.2.12-h2 or 11.0.x prior to 11.0.6-h1 or 11.1.x prior to 11.1.5-h1 or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.4-h1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges.

This issue is applicable to PAN-OS 10.1, PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, PAN-OS 11.1, and PAN-OS 11.2 software on PA-Series, VM-Series, and CN-Series firewalls and on Panorama (virtual and M-Series)and WildFire appliances.

Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the PAN-OS security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1.14-h6 / 10.2.12-h2 / 11.0.6-h1 / 11.1.5-h1 / 11.2.4-h1 or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211513

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2024-9474.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Published: 11/18/2024

Updated: 11/21/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9474

CWE: 78

IAVA: 2024-A-0750