{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Local privilege escalation"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2016-1712","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:52:26.527Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:52:26.527Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2016-1712","initial_release_date":"2016-07-13T18:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-10T17:52:26.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2016-1712","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-440","PANW-PAN-OS-442","PANW-PAN-OS-444","PANW-PAN-OS-452","PANW-PAN-OS-455"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-458","PANW-PAN-OS-459","PANW-PAN-OS-460","PANW-PAN-OS-461","PANW-PAN-OS-454"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly sanitize the root_reboot local invocation which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges (Ref. 92293) (CVE-2016-1712).\nExploitation of this privilege escalation is restricted to local users. Potential attackers would have to first obtain a shell on the device before they could attempt to escalate privileges through this vulnerability.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.18 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.11 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.13 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.11 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.7 and earlier"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2016-1712","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1712"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2016-1712","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-1712"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly sanitize the root_reboot local invocation which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges (Ref. 92293) (CVE-2016-1712).\nExploitation of this privilege escalation is restricted to local users. Potential attackers would have to first obtain a shell on the device before they could attempt to escalate privileges through this vulnerability.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.18 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.11 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.13 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.11 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.7 and earlier"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-458","PANW-PAN-OS-459","PANW-PAN-OS-460","PANW-PAN-OS-461","PANW-PAN-OS-454"]}]}]}