CVE-2016-9151 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 68)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.21% — more likely to be exploited than 68% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-11-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| paloaltonetworks | pan-os |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalation | 2016-11-18 |
| exploit-db | Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalation | 2016-11-18 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/
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