CVE-2021-3060 vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Products
Published on November 10, 2021
PAN-OS: OS Command Injection in Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)
An OS command injection vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature of PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the firewall configuration to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interfaces to exploit this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers with Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred and Prisma Access 2.1 Innovation firewalls are impacted by this issue.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-3060 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Timeline
Initial publication
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2021-3060 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-3060
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Affected Versions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS:- Version 8.1 and below 8.1.20-h1 is affected.
- Version 9.0 and below 9.0.14-h3 is affected.
- Version 9.1 and below 9.1.11-h2 is affected.
- Version 10.0 and below 10.0.8 is affected.
- Version 10.1 and below 10.1.3 is affected.
- Version 2.1 Preferred is affected.
- Version 2.1 Innovation is affected.
- Version all and below 2.2* is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.