{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Command Injection Vulnerability"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2012-6595","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-03-11T22:36:22.036Z","generator":{"date":"2026-03-11T22:36:22.036Z","engine":{"name":"vulnogram","version":"0.1.0-rc1"}},"id":"CVE-2012-6595","initial_release_date":"2012-04-27T23:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-03-11T15:36:22.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[{"name":"PAN-OS","category":"product_name","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/PAN-OS<=4.1.1","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS","product_id":"PANW-PAN-OS-501"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/PAN-OS>=4.1.2","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS","product_id":"PANW-PAN-OS-505"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/PAN-OS<=4.0.8","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS","product_id":"PANW-PAN-OS-503"}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":"vers:generic/PAN-OS>=4.0.9","product":{"name":"Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS","product_id":"PANW-PAN-OS-506"}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2012-6595","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-505","PANW-PAN-OS-506"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-501","PANW-PAN-OS-503"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"A vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated user can inject arbitrary shell commands using the device management command line interface.  (Ref #34595)\nThis vulnerability can result in arbitrary command execution, and can result in total compromise of the device.  The attacker must still be an authenticated administrator of the device.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.1 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier;  PAN-OS 3.0.x is not affected."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2012-6595","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6595"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2012-6595","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6595"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"A vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated user can inject arbitrary shell commands using the device management command line interface.  (Ref #34595)\nThis vulnerability can result in arbitrary command execution, and can result in total compromise of the device.  The attacker must still be an authenticated administrator of the device.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.1 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier;  PAN-OS 3.0.x is not affected."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v4":{"version":"4.0","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"NOT_DEFINED","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","baseSeverity":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-501","PANW-PAN-OS-503"]}]}]}