OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2012-6598
Published: August 31, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42604
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6598
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.
The device-management command-line interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Ref ID 33080.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6598
Install update from vendor's website.