| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 8.8 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco APIC-EM 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Grapevine Update. The manipulation of the argument Upgrade leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1365. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco APIC-EM 1.0. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Grapevine Update. The manipulation of the argument upgrade with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Grapevine update process in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted upgrade parameter, aka Bug ID CSCux15507.
The weakness was disclosed 08/18/2016 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1365 since 01/04/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/14/2022).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92507†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 57360
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
01/04/2016 🔍08/17/2016 🔍
08/18/2016 🔍
08/18/2016 🔍
08/19/2016 🔍
09/14/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: tools.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-1365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90857
SecurityFocus: 92507 - Cisco APIC-EM CVE-2016-1365 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036634
Entry
Created: 08/19/2016 11:28Updated: 09/14/2022 08:27
Changes: 08/19/2016 11:28 (53), 03/30/2019 08:53 (12), 09/14/2022 08:27 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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