topic Re: PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0 in General Topics

PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0

PiankaMariusz — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 16:58:01 GMT

Hi there,

I have strange problem where

according to this article

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/url-filtering/troubleshoot-url-filtering/problems-activating-pan-db.html

or / and this article

https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClQvCAK

I should be able to ssh to my PAN-OS 9.0.x and execute commands

however, neither commands work.

request url-filtering download paloaltonetworks region <region_name>

request url-filtering download status vendor paloaltonetworks

the only available option for me after download is status , there is no option for me to select paloaltonetworks.

However, under license it shows just fine, and show url-cloud status shows just fine too.

> show url-cloud status

PAN-DB URL Filtering

License : valid

Current cloud server : serverlist.urlcloud.paloaltonetworks.com

Cloud connection : connected

Cloud mode : public

URL database version - device : 20200402.20254

URL database version - cloud : 20200402.20254 ( last update time 2020/04/02 17:52:28 )

URL database status : good

URL protocol version - device : pan/2.0.0

URL protocol version - cloud : pan/2.0.0

Protocol compatibility status : compatible

There has been a security incident where the URL was categories as malware, yet the url is being allowed through the firewall as it continues to show as stock-advice-and-tools

My question to the community is.

How do I request seed database download, because clearly the commands have changed or something got corrupted.

Please note, the same thing happened on both firewalls that belong to two different clients running two different verion of software

one is 9.0.6 and one 9.0.5

Look forward hearing from you,

Kind Regards

Re: PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0

reaper — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:04:52 GMT

looks like those commands were deprecated

try this one:

> request url-filtering upgrade

if you check the url that was changed, was there already 'steady' traffic to it before it was recategorized? you may have had the url categorized in cache and steady connections refreshing that cache

Re: PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0

PiankaMariusz — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:49:03 GMT

So I go request url-filtering upgrade and the only option after that is brightcloud.

It doesn't list paloaltonetworks as an option

as far as the URL , no steady traffic. it was a phishing link that once clicked once at approx 13.00 and then I clicked on it later myself at 17 to see if it took affect.

The link continues to work, and firewall is not blocking known malicious link and I can't trigger pan-db download in any way that I can on pan os 8.1 or 7.1

two firewalls in version 9.0.x are affected only.

Re: PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0

PiankaMariusz — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:31:55 GMT

There have been further findings...

When I conduct

test url-info-cloud "247fxtradeoption.com"

BM:

247fxtradeoption.com,9,5,stock-advice-and-tools,low-risk

247fxtradeoption.com/4ee3f0492290c6f29384ec280a7bd715?usq=bwfyay5hbwvybhluy2tay2fzywnjb3vudgfudhmuawu=,9,6,malware

so it appears that they categorised exact URL as Malware but not the main domain.

yet, each time you click on the link in the phishing email it seems to generate unique BASE64 like looking string !

Each time I look at the firewall logs, it shows only 247fxtradeoption.com/ that is it.
Yet, the browser shows the long string that is different each time you click on it (very smart by the way)

Lastly,

According to https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000PNx4CAG

Additional Information
The below commands do not work on OS 9.0.x but will work on prior OS versions:

request url-filtering download paloaltonetworks region <region_name> >

request url-filtering download status vendor paloaltonetworks

Re: PAN-DB seed download PAN-OS version 9.0

PiankaMariusz — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 19:18:10 GMT

I truly believe there are a lot of PAN 9.0.x instances that provide sense of security but their URL filtering is actually somehow broken.

My personal experience based on two firewalls that exhibit the same characteristics tells me there is something that has gone wrong with the license.

Although the command show url-cloud status shows VALID,

PAN-DB URL Filtering

License : valid

Current cloud server : serverlist.urlcloud.paloaltonetworks.com

Cloud connection : connected

Cloud mode : public

URL database version - device : 20200403.20289

URL database version - cloud : 20200403.20289 ( last update time 2020/04/03 20:12:17 )

URL database status : good

URL protocol version - device : pan/2.0.0

URL protocol version - cloud : pan/2.0.0

Protocol compatibility status : compatible

and show system info shows things such as:

url-db: paloaltonetworks

wildfire-version: 442082-444992

wildfire-release-date: 2020/04/03 20:10:57 IST

url-filtering-version: 20200403.20289

global-protect-datafile-version: unknown

global-protect-datafile-release-date: unknown

global-protect-clientless-vpn-version: 0

global-protect-clientless-vpn-release-date:

logdb-version: 9.0.10

vm_series: vm_series-1.0.9

platform-family: vm

vpn-disable-mode: off

multi-vsys: off

operational-mode: normal

when you try to test the URL against local database you get:

test url-info-host "247fxtradeoption.com"

247fxtradeoption.com: Doesn't exist in the URL DB

and then,

When you try to play with database e.g revert you get:

> request url-filtering revert

Server error : Not licensed

I log this to support.

However, I encourage everybody who is on version 9.0.5 or 9.0.6 to check if their PAN behaves as it should when it comes to URLs...