CVE-2023-0004 (GCVE-0-2023-0004)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 16:41 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PAN-OS: Local File Deletion Vulnerability
Summary
A local file deletion vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to delete files from the local file system with elevated privileges.
These files can include logs and system components that impact the integrity and availability of PAN-OS software.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS |
Affected:
8.1 , < 8.1.24
(custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.17 (custom) Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.15 (custom) Affected: 10.0 , < 10.0.11 (custom) Affected: 10.1 , < 10.1.6 (custom) Unaffected: 10.2 Unaffected: 11.0 |
guessed | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Prisma Access |
Unaffected:
All
|
guessed | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Cloud NGFW |
Unaffected:
All
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-04-12 16:00
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.