{"id":"CVE-2016-9151","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9151","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:04:15.109Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-11-19T06:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/pan-os"],"epss":{"score":0.01207,"percentile":0.68186,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-11-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40789,"kind":"exploit","title":"Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/40789.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/40789.txt","published":"2016-11-18","added":"2016-11-18","updated":"2017-05-12","author":"Google Security Research","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-9151"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=913"},{"edbId":40788,"kind":"exploit","title":"Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/40788.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/40788.txt","published":"2016-11-18","added":"2016-11-18","updated":"2017-05-12","author":"Google Security Research","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-9151"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=912"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9151","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}