What is CVE-2012-6598?

CVE-2012-6598 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2012-6598 Command Injection Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2012-6598 cover?

CVE-2012-6598 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2012-6598. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2012-6598?

CVE-2012-6598 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

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CVE-2012-6598 Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

April 27, 2012

Last Modified

April 27, 2012

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated user can inject arbitrary shell commands using the device management command line interface. (Ref #33080) This vulnerability can result in arbitrary command execution, and can result in total compromise of the device. This issue affects PAN-OS 4.0.7 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.0.x is not affected.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 4.0.8 and later. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6598