CVE-2016-9196 describes a vulnerability in Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points that allows an authenticated, local attacker with root credentials to gain unrestricted root access to the underlying Linux operating system. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) requires high privileges and local access, but if exploited, it grants full control over the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1\(15.14\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point:8.1\(15.14\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(112.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point:8.1\(112.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(112.4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point:8.1\(112.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(131.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point:8.1\(131.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2\(100.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point:8.2\(100.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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