CVE-2017-7945

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    CVE-2017-7945

    Published: 29 Apr 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The GlobalProtect external interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.17, 7.x before 7.0.15, 7.1.x before 7.1.9, and 8.x before 8.0.2 provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests, aka PAN-SA-2017-0014 and PAN-72769.

    References: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-7945,

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High