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CVE-2016-6414

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

iox in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.6 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.18 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary IOx Linux commands on the guest OS via crafted iox command-line options, aka Bug ID CSCuz59223.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: 15.6(1)t1

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-iox
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93091
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036876
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-iox
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93091
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036876

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