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CVE-2012-6601

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6601 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the device-management command-line interface of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions before 3.1.12, 4.0.x before 4.0.10, and 4.1.x before 4.1.4. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score suggests a moderate likelihood of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0440 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2012-6601