CVE-2016-6367 is a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on various ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, PIX, and FWSM devices. This flaw, dubbed "EPICBANANA," allows local users to gain elevated privileges by issuing invalid CLI commands. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit code (EDB-40271), garnering significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.2.0, < 8.4\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.5, < 9.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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