{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Web Interface Privilege Escalation"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: PAN-SA-2016-0016","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-09-20T08:53:55.460Z","generator":{"date":"2026-09-20T08:53:55.460Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"PAN-SA-2016-0016","initial_release_date":"2016-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-09-20T01:53:55.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"PAN-SA-2016-0016","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-440","PANW-PAN-OS-442","PANW-PAN-OS-444","PANW-PAN-OS-461","PANW-PAN-OS-469"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-458","PANW-PAN-OS-459","PANW-PAN-OS-460","PANW-PAN-OS-467","PANW-PAN-OS-468"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Palo Alto Networks Panorama administrators have the ability to assign predefined permissions to users created on PAN-OS. A read-only user with CLI access could elevate web interface privileges. (Ref. 88191)\nA user could elevate privileges by impersonating another user with higher permissions.\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 6.1.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.4 and earlier"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - PAN-SA-2016-0016","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/PAN-SA-2016-0016"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory PAN-SA-2016-0016","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2016-0016"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Palo Alto Networks Panorama administrators have the ability to assign predefined permissions to users created on PAN-OS. A read-only user with CLI access could elevate web interface privileges. (Ref. 88191)\nA user could elevate privileges by impersonating another user with higher permissions.\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 6.1.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.4 and earlier"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/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-467","PANW-PAN-OS-468"]}]}]}