What is CVE-2016-6414?

CVE-2016-6414 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-6414?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco iOS

CVE-2016-6414

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Ios — versions 15.6\(1\)t1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6414?: CVE-2016-6414 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-6414?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.