VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1712

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-08-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.19, 5.1.x before 5.1.12, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.12, and 7.0.x before 7.0.8 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging improper sanitization of the root_reboot local invocation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references