CVE-2016-6402 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager and UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnects through version 3.0(2d). A local attacker can gain root access to the underlying operating system by providing specially crafted input to the command-line interface. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2\(1b\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.2\(1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1c\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.2\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1d\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.2\(1d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.2\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1f\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.2\(1f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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