Information disclosure - CVE-2016-6435

 

Information disclosure - CVE-2016-6435

Published: October 5, 2016 / Updated: October 7, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU782
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6435
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to obtain potentially sensitive data on the target system.
The weakness is due to improper input validation. Attackers can send a specially crafted parameter to the web console which when received by the victim allows a malicious user to read arbitrary files on the affected operating system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to sensitive insormation disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6435

The vendor has issued a fix, available at
https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html

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