THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-6598
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-6598

Pan Os vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Paloaltonetworks
Affected product
Pan Os
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2013-08-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-6598

  • Confirm whether Paloaltonetworks Pan Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-6598.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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