Cisco IOS/IOS XE Cisco Application-Hosting Framework input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Cisco Application-Hosting Framework. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-6410. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE (Router Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Cisco Application-Hosting Framework. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

The Cisco Application-hosting Framework (CAF) component in Cisco IOS 15.6(1)T1 and IOS XE, when the IOx feature set is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuy19856.

The weakness was released 09/24/2016 with Cisco as CSCuy19856 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6410 since 07/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/20/2022).

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 93090†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-91918 and VDB-91915. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 880789
OpenVAS Name: Cisco IOS Software Application-Hosting Framework Unauthorized File Access Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/26/2016 🔍
09/21/2016 +57 days 🔍
09/23/2016 +2 days 🔍
09/24/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2022 +2186 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuy19856
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6410 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6410
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91916

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SecurityFocus: 93090 - Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CVE-2016-6410 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036873

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2016 10:02
Updated: 09/20/2022 11:27
Changes: 09/25/2016 10:02 (58), 04/24/2019 15:02 (12), 09/20/2022 11:27 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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