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 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-11-19 06:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-9151

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9151

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9151

JSON object : View

Products Affected

paloaltonetworks

pan-os

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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