Command injection in Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100 - CVE-2016-6374
Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: April 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU635
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6374
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to cause arbitrary command execution on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. By sending specially crafted dnslookup request attacker can inject voluntary commands and execute arbitrary code.
Sucessful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. By sending specially crafted dnslookup request attacker can inject voluntary commands and execute arbitrary code.
Sucessful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6374
Update to 2.1.0.