Arbitrary Command Execution - CVE-2016-6433

 

Arbitrary Command Execution - CVE-2016-6433

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU784
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6433
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient input validation. Sending a specially crafted parameters to the web application an authenticated attacker can access the affected system and execute arbitrary commands.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary commands execution on the vulnerable system.


Affected software


How to mitigate CVE-2016-6433

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


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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