CVE-2016-1456 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR 6.x through 6.0.1, where a local attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands with elevated privileges via the CLI. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.