CVE-2020-1978 describes a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewalls for Microsoft Azure configured with high availability (HA), specifically affecting VM Series Plugin versions before 1.0.9 for PAN-OS 9.0. TechSupport files inadvertently collected Azure dashboard service account credentials equivalent to a Contributor role. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (MEDIUM), indicating that an attacker with high privileges and local access could gain full management control over Azure resources within the subscription, though not direct VM access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Palo Alto Networks has addressed the issue by filtering these credentials from TechSupport files and safely deleting previously collected ones.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0, < 1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:vm-series:*:*:*:*:*:azure:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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