Actively exploited · Published Sep 19, 2016 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2016-6415
High 7.5 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity information exposure in IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE from Cisco. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 19, 2023). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 87.7% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 9, 2023.
Official description
The server IKEv1 implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6, IOS XE through 3.18S, IOS XR 4.3.x and 5.0.x through 5.2.x, and PIX before 7.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from device memory via a Security Association (SA) negotiation request, aka Bug IDs CSCvb29204 and CSCvb36055 or BENIGNCERTAIN.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- 1036841 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- 20160916 IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Multiple Cisco Products vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
- 93003 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6415 government-resource