CVE-2017-15940 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting the web interface packet capture management component in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions prior to 6.1.19, 7.0.19, 7.1.14, and 8.0.6. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating its significance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6CPE 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.