01 Record
CVE-2016-6428
Cisco IOS XR 6.1.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging admin privileges, aka Bug ID CSCva38349.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cisco IOS XR 6.1.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging admin privileges, aka Bug ID CSCva38349.
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
- 2016-10-06 10:00Z10 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
- d0e99a880b853629221d2ce1fec5c300bc1f70b165afd5b85542599ec9427a0d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- tools.cisco.com20161005 Cisco IOS XR Software Command-Line Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-iosxr
- www.securitytracker.com1036956http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036956
- www.securityfocus.com93416http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93416