{"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-2016-9151","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:33:26.101Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:33:26.101Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2016-9151","initial_release_date":"2016-11-17T17:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-10T17:33:26.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2016-9151","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-441","PANW-PAN-OS-443","PANW-PAN-OS-445","PANW-PAN-OS-432","PANW-PAN-OS-448","PANW-PAN-OS-450"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-440","PANW-PAN-OS-442","PANW-PAN-OS-444","PANW-PAN-OS-446","PANW-PAN-OS-447","PANW-PAN-OS-449"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly validate certain environment variables which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges (Ref # PAN-61104/100499/CVE-2016-9151)\r\nA potential attacker with local shell access could manipulate arbitrary environment variables which could result in a process running with higher privileges.\r\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.19 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.12 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.5 and earlier\r"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2016-9151","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9151"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2016-9151","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls do not properly validate certain environment variables which can potentially allow executing code with higher privileges (Ref # PAN-61104/100499/CVE-2016-9151)\r\nA potential attacker with local shell access could manipulate arbitrary environment variables which could result in a process running with higher privileges.\r\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.19 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.12 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.5 and earlier\r"}],"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-440","PANW-PAN-OS-442","PANW-PAN-OS-444","PANW-PAN-OS-446","PANW-PAN-OS-447","PANW-PAN-OS-449"]}]}]}