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Palo Alto Networks Authenticated Remote Code Execution

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Palo Alto Networks Authenticated Remote Code Execution

Disclosed
09/09/2020
Created
09/15/2022

Description

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 versions < 10.0.1, < 9.1.4 and < 9.0.10

Author(s)

  • Mikhail Klyuchnikov
  • Nikita Abramov
  • UnD3sc0n0c1d0
  • jheysel-r7

Platform

Linux

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec
msf exploit(panos_op_cmd_exec) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(panos_op_cmd_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(panos_op_cmd_exec) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(panos_op_cmd_exec) > exploit

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