CVE-2016-6461 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the HTTP web-based management interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary XML commands due to improper input validation (CWE-20). The attack complexity is high, but successful exploitation could lead to high integrity impact, though confidentiality and availability are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.1\(7\)4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1\(7\)7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1\(7\)9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1\(7\)11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1\(7\)12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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