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CVE-2016-6367

77
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · May 24, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-40271 · Aug 19, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2258 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blogs.cisco.com / security/shadow-brokers
ExploitPress/Media CoverageVendor Advisory
github.com / offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zip
Broken LinkExploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/40271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cli
Vendor Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewErp.x
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92520
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036636
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry