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CVE-2016-6450

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6450 describes a low-severity vulnerability in the package unbundle utility of Cisco IOS XE Software, affecting specific Cisco Catalyst switches and Wireless LAN Controllers. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain limited write access to certain files in the underlying operating system. The CVSS score is 2.5 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and low impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6.2aeCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.2ae:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.3eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.3e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.4eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.1eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.8.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

2.5LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 223 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161115-iosxe
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94340
securitytracker.com / id/1037299