New Vulnerability Discovered targeting Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS
This attack, known as CVE-2024-3400, targets the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Specific configurations and settings can enable an unauthenticated user, an attacker, to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.
What is PAN-OS ?
This is the software which manages the overhead for Palo Alto Network’s firewalls. Palo Alto is a leader in cybersecurity protection for enterprise users. Its technology is regularly used by notable enterprise clients as diverse as Accenture and Salesforce.
What is Command Injection?
It refers to attacks that use a scripting language or software platform to target vulnerabilities, allowing for the injection of specific commands legitimately supported by the target system, which are meant to be executed by the application or system, usually to modify its behavior for some end. It is enabled by systems that do not adequately perform validation for the format of the data, the amount of data, and/ or the content of data.
It is commonly mistaken for Code Injection, a similar type of attack in which an attacker crafts a payload of arbitrary code for later execution. What makes it different is that it a Command Injection attack is reliant on the accepted and valid commands of the target platform. SQL Injection is a type of command injection that would requires the SQL scripting language to be supported by the target platform.
How the Attack Works?
As mentioned, once the attacker exploits this vulnerability, they will be allowed to perform an arbitrary file creation in affected systems and subsequently have code executed by the target system. With root priveliges, the attack can be far-reaching on the system and allow malware to infringe on otherwise secure parts of memory.
Learn More
You can learn more about Vulnerabilities from a reputable source at NIST’s National Vulnerability Database (NVD), a registry of all the various kinds of security vulnerabilities as yet discovered where one can find each categorized, ranked, and explained in detail.
Another source where one may find information about security threats, attacks, or best practices is OWASP’s website where one may learn extensively about the various kinds of security threat and even get involved with their activities and participate in learning.
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