Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x befo…

Published 9 y ago 2016-11-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.2%

percentile 68%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-40789 Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2016-11-18
EDB-40788 Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2016-11-18

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.6	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS (RSS, critical only)

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/40789/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/40788/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94400 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1037381 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2016-9151 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-9151
NVD: CVE-2016-9151

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