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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.

 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: 1.1

Type: combined

Published: 11/18/2024

Updated: 11/18/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9474

CWE: 78