CVE-2016-6367
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software before 8.4(1) on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, PIX, and FWSM devices allows local users to gain privileges via invalid CLI commands, aka Bug ID CSCtu74257 or EPICBANANA.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the command-line interface (CLI) parser of Cisco ASA software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to create a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or potentially execute code.
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Remediation due: 2022-06-14
References
- http://blogs.cisco.com/security/shadow-brokers
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cli
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-56516
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92520
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036636
- https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zip
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6367
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