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CVE-2015-6531

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to...

7.8 High

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.87%Up 1.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

Record
CVE-2015-6531
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

Record
CVE-2015-6531
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-6470 No score

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

Record
EUVD-2015-6470
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qw7-2jr9-qq6v 7.8

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to...

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

Record
GHSA-8qw7-2jr9-qq6v
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-6531 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Paloaltonetworks Pan-os, published June 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.87%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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