CVE-2016-6450

LOW

Cisco IOS XE - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the package unbundle utility of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain write access to some files in the underlying operating system. This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS XE Software: Cisco 5700 Series Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4500X Series Switches. More Information: CSCva60013 CSCvb22622. Known Affected Releases: 3.7(0) 16.4.1 Denali-16.1.3 Denali-16.2.2 Denali-16.3.1. Known Fixed Releases: 15.2(4)E3 16.1(2.208) 16.2(2.42) 16.3(1.22) 16.4(0.190) 16.5(0.29).

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94340
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037299

Scores

CVSS v3 2.5
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 21.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (11)
cisco/ios_xe 3.6.2ae
cisco/ios_xe 3.6.3e
cisco/ios_xe 3.6.4e
cisco/ios_xe 3.8.1e
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.3
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1
... and 1 more
Published Nov 19, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026