High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9151
CVE-2016-9151
Description
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.
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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,<5.0.20
- (no CPE)range: <5.0.20, <5.1.13, <6.0.15, <6.1.15, <7.0.11, <7.1.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151nvd
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