PanOS - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-9474)

CVE-2024-9474 is a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that may enable privilege escalation, allowing authenticated administrators to perform actions with root privileges through the management web interface.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 15th of December 2023.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2024-9474 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. CrowdSec data also reveals a clear uptick in attacks involving CVE-2024-9474 over the past week. Activity is above the usual baseline, suggesting growing attention from attackers. This may reflect rising awareness, recent exploit releases, or expanded targeting efforts.

Observed exploitation attempts are associated with requests targeting URLs matching /php/utils/createremoteappwebsession.php/ followed by a .js.map file.