CVE-2017-15944
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.983 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSadded 2022-08-18remediate by 2022-09-08
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management interface.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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exploits (7)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-43342Palo Alto Networks Firewalls - Root Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-44597Palo Alto Networks - 'readSessionVarsFromFile()' Session Corruption (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- P4x1s/PaloAlto_EXPPaloAlto EXP（CVE-2017-15944）PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102079cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040007cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15944cnnvd
- https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/102cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43342/cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44597/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102079cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102079enisa_euvd
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