{
    "id": "CVE-2016-9151",
    "published": "2016-11-19 06:59:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:55:35",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01207",
    "epss_percentile": "0.67501",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "paloaltonetworks",
            "product": "pan-os"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40788",
            "title": "Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2016-11-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40789",
            "title": "Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2016-11-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/"
    ]
}