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CVE-2016-6362

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6362 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 series devices running specific software versions. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters to gain elevated privileges on the affected device. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only local access and low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.1\(15.14\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(15.14\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1\(112.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(112.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1\(112.4\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(112.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1\(131.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(131.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2\(100.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.2\(100.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-aap1
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92513
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036644
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry