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CVE

CVE-2016-9151

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00093
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 5.0.0 and < 5.0.20
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 5.1 and < 5.1.13
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 6.0.0 and < 6.0.15
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 6.1.0 and < 6.1.15
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 7.0.0 and < 7.0.11
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 7.1.0 and < 7.1.6
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Public Exploits & PoCs

4
localPalo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalationverified
localPalo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalationverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 40788www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 40789www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD19 Nov 2016 · 06:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
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