CVE-2016-6367
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): CLI Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2016-6367 in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 24 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 14 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.23Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.02 on 24 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from cisco
- CVE published
- 18 August 2016
- Assigned by
- cisco
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-77
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 40271).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: Cisco ASA / PIX - 'EPICBANANA' Local Privilege EscalationEDB-ID 40271, 19 August 2016
Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-6366SNMP Buffer Overflow | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.88 | 0.88 | ||
| CVE-2018-0296Denial-of-Service | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2014-2120Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) | Patch soon | 0.23 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org