Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6596
CVE-2012-6596
Description
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <4.0.9 (4.0.x), <4.1.3 (4.1.x)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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