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Cisco IOS: CVE-2016-6414: Cisco IOS and IOS XE iox Command Injection Vulnerability

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Cisco IOS: CVE-2016-6414: Cisco IOS and IOS XE iox Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/20/2016
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

iox in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.6 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.18 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary IOx Linux commands on the guest OS via crafted iox command-line options, aka Bug ID CSCuz59223.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ios-upgrade-latest

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