Pan OsOperating system · Paloaltonetworks
CVE-2017-5583
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.16, 7.0.x before 7.0.13, and 7.1.x before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.16, 7.0.x before 7.0.13, and 7.1.x before 7.1.8 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to read any file on the filesystem via unspecified vectors in the web management interface.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Pan OsOperating system
<= 6.1.15= 7.0.1= 7.0.2= 7.0.3= 7.0.4= 7.0.5= 7.0.5-h2= 7.0.6= 7.0.7= 7.0.8= 7.0.9= 7.0.10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine PAN-OS versionRun 'show system info' from the PAN-OS CLI or view Dashboard > System Information in the web interface to find the PAN-OS version numberAffected if The version displayed is 6.1.15 or lower, or is one of: 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.5-h2, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, or 7.0.10
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Confirm Management Web Interface is enabledVerify the device has the management web interface (PAN-OS Web UI) enabled - typically accessible on port 443 or 4433Affected if The management web interface is accessible and the version is in the affected list
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Check if remote authentication is possibleDetermine if the device permits remote authentication to the management web interface (local admin accounts, LDAP, RADIUS, etc.)Affected if Remote authentication to the web management interface is allowed and the PAN-OS version is in the affected list
A user is affected if their PAN-OS version is 6.1.15 or lower, or is any version from 7.0.1 through 7.0.10, and the management web interface is accessible with remote authentication enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade PAN-OS to version 6.1.16, 7.0.13, 7.1.8 or later to remediate. If immediate patching is not feasible, restrict access to the management web interface to trusted administrative networks only using firewall rules or VPN access controls.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-5583 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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