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CVE-2016-6406 (GCVE-0-2016-6406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-22 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
Summary
Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 9.1.2-023, 9.1.2-028, 9.1.2-036, 9.7.2-046, 9.7.2-047, 9.7.2-054, 10.0.0-124, and 10.0.0-125 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices, when Enrollment Client before 1.0.2-065 is installed, allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a connection to the testing/debugging interface, aka Bug ID CSCvb26017.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93116 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036881 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-09-22 00:00
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