CVE-2016-6470 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installation procedure of the Cisco Hybrid Media Service, affecting version 1.0. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the system. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating it is not actively exploited or widely known.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hybrid_media_service:1.0_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
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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.