CVE-2012-6599 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands through the device-management command-line interface. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it presents a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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