01 Record
CVE-2016-6393
The AAA service in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.1 through 3.18 and 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a failed SSH
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The AAA service in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.1 through 3.18 and 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a failed SSH
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-10-05 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-26
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8ce82375ae73923b373d13f6fb2948123e9df74003a302d44e39c26897c35399
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com93196http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93196
- www.securitytracker.com1036914http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914
- tools.cisco.com20160928 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software AAA Login Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aaados
- ics-cert.us-cert.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04