CVE-2016-6373 describes a critical vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Cloud Services Platform (CSP) 2100 version 2.0. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges by submitting specially crafted platform commands. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring only high privileges to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage, indicating some awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.0.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.