PT-2016-4804

CVE-2016-1456

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Published

2016-07-14

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Updated

2017-09-01

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CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XR versions 6.x through 6.0.1
Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands in a privileged context by leveraging unspecified container access. This is due to insufficient input validation, which could be exploited by submitting crafted input to a command in a specific container, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with root privileges.
Recommendations For versions 6.x through 6.0.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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