CVE-2016-6428 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS XR 6.1.1, allowing local users with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains significant for affected systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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