SB2016100608 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Network Convergence System 5000 Series
Published: October 6, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100608
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6428)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to obtain root privileges on the target system.
The weakness is due to user permissions flaw that lets a malicious user to gain elevated privileges and cause arbitrary command execution with root privileges.
Successful exploitations of the vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain root privileges and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.