CVE-2016-3655 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The management web interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.13, 6.1.x before 6.1.10, and 7.0.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via an unspecified API call.

Published: 2016-04-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.3% 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 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::

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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-2016-4680	The management web interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.13, 6.1.x before 6.1.10, and 7.0.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via an unspecified API call.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01314.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-3655

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-12T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.410Z

Reserved: 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3655

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-12T17:59:04.170

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3655

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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