High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036326nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-1712nvd
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