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Palo Alto PAN-OS Local privilege escalation (PAN-SA-2016-0012)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Palo Alto PAN-OS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly sanitize the root_reboot local invocation which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges
Affected Software
Affected Software
PAN-OS 5.0.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 5.1.11 and earlier, PAN-OS 6.0.13 and earlier, PAN-OS 6.1.11 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.7 and earlier
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to PAN-OS 5.0.19 and later, PAN-OS 5.1.12 and later, PAN-OS 6.0.14 and later, PAN-OS 6.1.12 and later, PAN-OS 7.0.8 or later