CVE-2016-6414 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

iox in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.6 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.18 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary IOx Linux commands on the guest OS via crafted iox command-line options, aka Bug ID CSCuz59223.

Published: 2016-09-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(1\)t1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7337	iox in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.6 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.18 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary IOx Linux commands on the guest OS via crafted iox command-line options, aka Bug ID CSCuz59223.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-iox
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93091
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036876

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2016-09-22T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.073Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6414

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-22T22:59:23.223

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6414

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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