CVE-2012-6591 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The device-management command-line interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.10 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Ref ID 31116.

Published: 2013-08-31

Score: 9.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-6438	The device-management command-line interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.10 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Ref ID 31116.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00856.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6591

History

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Subscriptions

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-08-31T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.403Z

Reserved: 2013-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6591

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-31T17:55:03.177

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-6591

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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