HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-6603

Pan Os vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The web management UI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.12, 4.0.x before 4.0.10, and 4.1.x before 4.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrator privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Ref ID 37034.
Affected vendor
Paloaltonetworks
Affected product
Pan Os
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2013-08-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-6603

  • Confirm whether Paloaltonetworks Pan Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-6603.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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