CVE-2016-3654 describes a critical vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions prior to 5.0.18, 5.1.11, 6.0.13, 6.1.10, and 7.0.5H2. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands through the device management command-line interface (CLI) via an SSH command parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it permits full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring high privileges but low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1, < 5.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.