CVE-2020-1978 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Paloaltonetworks Vm-series

CWE-255CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Paloaltonetworks Vm-seriesPalo Alto Networks Vm-series PluginPaloaltonetworks Pan-os+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

TechSupport files generated on Palo Alto Networks VM Series firewalls for Microsoft Azure platform configured with high availability (HA) inadvertently collect Azure dashboard service account credentials. These credentials are equivalent to the credentials associated with the Contributor role in Azure. A user with the credentials will be able to manage all the Azure resources in the subscription except for granting access to other resources. These credentials do not allow login access to the VMs…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5palo_alto_networks/vm-series_plugin1.0 — 1.0.8
▶NVDpaloaltonetworks/vm-series1.0 — 1.0.9

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4qj8-98mv-2vmv: TechSupport files generated on Palo Alto Networks VM Series firewalls for Microsoft Azure platform configured with high availability (HA) inadvertentl↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
VM-Series on Microsoft Azure: Inadvertent collection of credentials in Tech support files on HA configured VMs↗2020-04-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Palo Alto
VM-Series on Microsoft Azure: Inadvertent collection of credentials in Tech support files on HA configured VMs↗2020-02-19
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CVE-2020-1978 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials | cvebase