What is CVE-2016-1712?

CVE-2016-1712 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2016-1712 Local privilege escalation

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2016-1712 cover?

CVE-2016-1712 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-1712. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2016-1712?

CVE-2016-1712 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2016-1712High

CVE-2016-1712 Local privilege escalation

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

July 13, 2016

Last Modified

July 13, 2016

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly sanitize the root_reboot local invocation which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges (Ref. 92293) (CVE-2016-1712). Exploitation of this privilege escalation is restricted to local users. Potential attackers would have to first obtain a shell on the device before they could attempt to escalate privileges through this vulnerability. This issue affects 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

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

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 and later Workarounds and mitigations: N/A

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-1712