CVE-2015-6531 describes a critical vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance running PAN-OS versions prior to 6.0.1, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) if a crafted firmware image is processed. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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Sep 15, 2015[R2] Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance PAN-OS Firmware Signature Verification Bypass Arbitrary Code Execution
Sep 15, 2015