{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Cron local privilege escalation"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: PAN-SA-2016-0015","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-10-05T00:51:44.892Z","generator":{"date":"2026-10-05T00:51:44.892Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"PAN-SA-2016-0015","initial_release_date":"2016-07-14T23:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-10-04T17:51:44.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"PAN-SA-2016-0015","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-440","PANW-PAN-OS-442","PANW-PAN-OS-444","PANW-PAN-OS-452","PANW-PAN-OS-454","PANW-PAN-OS-730"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-458","PANW-PAN-OS-459","PANW-PAN-OS-460","PANW-PAN-OS-461","PANW-PAN-OS-732","PANW-PAN-OS-733"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls use the cron infrastructure to perform household system cleanup at regular intervals. Due to an error in user input normalization, a file locally created by an end user and placed in a specific directory could be executed in a higher privilege context (Ref. 93612).\nBecause no shell access is available to end-users, exploitation of this issue is unlikely.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.18 and prior; PAN-OS 5.1.11 and prior; PAN-OS 6.0.13 and prior; PAN-OS 6.1.11 and prior; PAN-OS 7.0.6 and prior; PAN-OS 7.1.1 and prior"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - PAN-SA-2016-0015","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/PAN-SA-2016-0015"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory PAN-SA-2016-0015","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2016-0015"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Palo Alto Networks firewalls use the cron infrastructure to perform household system cleanup at regular intervals. Due to an error in user input normalization, a file locally created by an end user and placed in a specific directory could be executed in a higher privilege context (Ref. 93612).\nBecause no shell access is available to end-users, exploitation of this issue is unlikely.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.18 and prior; PAN-OS 5.1.11 and prior; PAN-OS 6.0.13 and prior; PAN-OS 6.1.11 and prior; PAN-OS 7.0.6 and prior; PAN-OS 7.1.1 and prior"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-458","PANW-PAN-OS-459","PANW-PAN-OS-460","PANW-PAN-OS-461","PANW-PAN-OS-732","PANW-PAN-OS-733"]}]}]}