CVE-2016-6367
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 14 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software before 8.4(1) on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, PIX, and FWSM devices allows local users to gain privileges via invalid CLI commands, aka Bug ID CSCtu74257 or EPICBANANA.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 22.58% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 August 2016
- CISA KEV
- Listed 24 May 2022 · due 14 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- cisco/adaptive security appliance software
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS 22.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6367
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blogs.cisco.com/security/shadow-brokersExploit, Press/Media Coverage, Vendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cliVendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-56516Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92520Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036636Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zipBroken Link, Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blogs.cisco.com/security/shadow-brokersExploit, Press/Media Coverage, Vendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cliVendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-56516Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92520Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036636Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zipBroken Link, Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6367US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.