CVE-2016-1712 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, including versions before 5.0.19, 5.1.12, 6.0.14, 6.1.12, and 7.0.8. It stems from improper sanitization of the root_reboot local invocation, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1, < 5.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8CPE 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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