CVE-2020-2038
PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface
- Published
- Sep 9, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Evidence observed
- Aug 9, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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Summary
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.
Sources
modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux,Unix($.exploit_linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec.check)
- CVE-2020-2038Exploit
Exploit to capitalize on vulnerability CVE-2020-2038.
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