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CVE-2024-9474

PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
October 03, 2024
Published Date
November 18, 2024
Last Updated
November 29, 2024
Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Product
Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Tags
cisa edge nuclei_scanner metasploit_scanner nessus_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0

6.9 - MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-07 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2024-12-11 03:10:41 UTC) Source

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_management_unauth_rce.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:14 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9474.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/211513 2024-11-18 20:22:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

panos_management_unauth_rce

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2024-9474

coskper-papa/PAN-OS_CVE-2024-9474

Type: github • Created: 2024-12-11 03:10:41 UTC • Stars: 2

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS(CVE-2024-9474) POC

k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474

Type: github • Created: 2024-11-19 22:03:13 UTC • Stars: 8

Chocapikk/CVE-2024-9474

Type: github • Created: 2024-11-19 17:26:27 UTC • Stars: 45

PAN-OS auth bypass + RCE

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nessus

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit