PT-2016-4804 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xr

Published 2016-07-14 · Updated 2017-09-01 · CVE-2016-1456

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XR versions 6.x through 6.0.1

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands in a privileged context by leveraging unspecified container access. This is due to insufficient input validation, which could be exploited by submitting crafted input to a command in a specific container, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with root privileges.

Recommendations For versions 6.x through 6.0.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1456

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xr

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1456 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1456 · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160714-ios-xr · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036311 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91785 · Note