{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Verbose Error Messages"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2012-6590","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:25:40.010Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:25:40.010Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2012-6590","initial_release_date":"2012-04-27T23:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-10T17:25:40.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2012-6590","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-502"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-505"],"known_not_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-512"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Under certain conditions, when unexpected input is provided to the web-based management UI, overly verbose error information is delivered back to the client.  This does not directly result in any specific vulnerability, however this information is helpful to an attacker.  (Ref #33139)\nThis issue results in verbose error messages in specific cases, and does not directly result in an exploitable condition or product vulnerability.  Overly verbose error messages can be helpful to an attacker looking to collect information on how a system is architected.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.0.7 and earlier;  PAN-OS 3.0.x is not affected."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2012-6590","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6590"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2012-6590","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6590"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Under certain conditions, when unexpected input is provided to the web-based management UI, overly verbose error information is delivered back to the client.  This does not directly result in any specific vulnerability, however this information is helpful to an attacker.  (Ref #33139)\nThis issue results in verbose error messages in specific cases, and does not directly result in an exploitable condition or product vulnerability.  Overly verbose error messages can be helpful to an attacker looking to collect information on how a system is architected.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.0.7 and earlier;  PAN-OS 3.0.x is not affected."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":3.1,"baseSeverity":"LOW"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-505"]}]}]}