CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6367

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-08-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)

A vulnerability in the command-line interface (CLI) parser of Cisco ASA software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to create a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or potentially execute code.

Added to KEV
2022-05-24
Remediation due
2022-06-14
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6367
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-08-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-77

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.

Affected configurations

• cisco adaptive security appliance software (>= 7.2.0 < 8.4\(3\)) • cisco adaptive security appliance software (>= 8.5 < 9.0\(1\))

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References