Vulnerability identifier: #VU9662

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 9.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15944

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploits in database: 3

• June 17, 2021
  • Palo Alto Networks Firewalls - Root Remote Code Execution [Exploit-DB]
• March 18, 2020
  • PaloAltoRceDetectionAndExploit (Detecion for the vulnerability CVE-2017-15944) [Github]
  • Palo Alto Networks readSessionVarsFromFile() Session Corruption [Metasploit]

Impact: Code execution

Vulnerable software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.