High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1712
CVE-2016-1712
Description
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.19, 5.1.x before 5.1.12, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.12, and 7.0.x before 7.0.8 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging improper sanitization of the root_reboot local invocation.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.0.0,<5.0.19
- (no CPE)range: <5.0.19, <5.1.12, <6.0.14, <6.1.12, <7.0.8
Patches
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References
2- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036326nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-1712nvd
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