CISA, DOE, and UK’s NCSC Issue Guidance on Protecting Industrial Control Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of Energy DOE, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems, an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control...

Cybersecurity best practices to implement highly secured devices

Almost three years ago, we published The Seven Properties of Highly Secured Devices, which introduced a new standard for IoT security and argued, based on an analysis of best-in-class devices, that seven properties must be present on every standalone device that connects to the internet in order ...

PAN-OS: DOM-Based cross site scripting vulnerability in management web interface

A DOM-Based Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability exists in PAN-OS and Panorama Management Web Interfaces. A remote attacker able to convince an authenticated administrator to click on a crafted link to PAN-OS and Panorama Web Interfaces could execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the administrator's...

PAN-OS: Authenticated administrator can delete arbitrary system file

An external control of filename vulnerability in the command processing of PAN-OS allows an authenticated administrator to delete arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system or causing denial of service to all PAN-OS services. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8....

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in management server payload parser

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS that allows an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14. Work around: This...

PAN-OS: OS command injection or arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affect...

PAN-OS: Panorama: XML external entity reference ('XXE') vulnerability leads the to information leak

Improper restriction of XML external entity reference 'XXE' vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Panorama management service allows remote unauthenticated attackers with network access to the Panorama management interface to read arbitrary files on the system. This issue affects: All versions of...

PAN-OS: Authenticated user command injection vulnerability

An OS command injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management interface allows an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7...

PAN-OS: OS command injection in management server

An OS command injection vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This issue affects: All PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0 versions; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier...

PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue...

PAN-OS: OS injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7...

PAN-OS: Spoofed Kerberos key distribution center authentication bypass

An authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability exists in the authentication daemon and User-ID components of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS by failing to verify the integrity of the Kerberos key distribution center KDC before authenticating users. This affects all forms of authentication that use ...

PAN-OS: Panorama SD WAN arbitrary file creation

An external control of filename vulnerability in the SD WAN component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Panorama allows an authenticated administrator to send a request that results in the creation and write of an arbitrary file on all firewalls managed by the Panorama. In some cases this results in...

PAN-OS: Panorama management server log injection

A missing authorization vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS Panorama allows a remote unauthenticated user to inject messages into the management server ms.log file. This vulnerability can be leveraged to obfuscate an ongoing attack or fabricate log entries in the ms.log fil...

PAN-OS: Panorama External control of file vulnerability leads to privilege escalation

An external control of path and data vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Panorama XSLT processing logic that allows an unauthenticated user with network access to PAN-OS management interface to write attacker supplied file on the system and elevate privileges. This issue affects: All...

PAN-OS: Temporary file race condition vulnerability in PAN-OS leads to local privilege escalation

A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root privilege escalation from a limited linux user account. This allows an attacker who has escaped the restricted shell as a low privilege administrator, possibly by exploiting anothe...

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 version...

Update adds BPA rules for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012

Update adds BPA rules for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Introduction This article describes an update that adds new Best Practices Analyzer BPA rules. The rules are for DirectAccess on the servers that are running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012. The...

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions...

NCSA Small Business Webinar Series

Working from home? How do you keep your employees cyber-safe and cyber-secure? How do you protect your reputation, profit, and cash flow when you depend on your IT infrastructure as never before? The National Cyber Security Alliance is hosting a series of webinars for small business owners, and...