{"id":"CVE-2016-6367","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6367","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:43:21.731Z","title":"Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","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.","published":"2016-08-18T18:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:54.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["cisco/adaptive security appliance software"],"epss":{"score":0.22583,"percentile":0.977,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-05-24","dueDate":"2022-06-14","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6367"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2016-08-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40271,"kind":"exploit","title":"Cisco ASA / PIX - 'EPICBANANA' Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/local/40271.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/local/40271.txt","published":"2016-08-19","added":"2016-08-19","updated":"2016-09-15","author":"Shadow Brokers","type":"local","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2016-6367"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blogs.cisco.com/security/shadow-brokers","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cli","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-56516","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92520","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036636","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zip","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://blogs.cisco.com/security/shadow-brokers","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-cli","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-56516","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92520","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036636","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40271.zip","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40271/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6367","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6367","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}