CVE-2012-6591 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the device-management command-line interface of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions prior to 3.1.10 and 4.0.5. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands, posing a significant risk to affected firewalls. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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