Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-1579 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11-h1 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier with GlobalProtect Portal or GlobalProtect Gateway Interface enabled may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Format String Injection An attacker includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An attacker can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the attacker can write to the program stack.
- String Format Overflow in syslog() This attack targets the format string vulnerabilities in the syslog() function. An attacker would typically inject malicious input in the format string parameter of the syslog function. This is a common problem, and many public vulnerabilities and associated exploits have been posted.
Nessus
NASL family | Palo Alto Local Security Checks |
NASL id | PALO_ALTO_PAN-SA-2019-0020.NASL |
description | The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 7.1.x prior to 7.1.19 or 8.0.x prior to 8.0.12 or 8.1.x prior to 8.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 126787 |
published | 2019-07-19 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126787 |
title | Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 7.1.x < 7.1.19 / 8.0.x < 8.0.12 / 8.1.x < 8.1.3 Vulnerability |
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The Hacker News
id | THN:9994A9D5CFB76851BB74C8AD52F3DBBE |
last seen | 2020-02-18 |
modified | 2020-02-18 |
published | 2020-02-18 |
reporter | The Hacker News |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2020/02/iranian-hackers-vpn-vulnerabilities.html |
title | Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide |