CVE-2016-6413 — The installation procedure on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices 1.3(2f) mishandles binary files, which allows local users to obtain root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCva50496

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The installation procedure on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices 1.3(2f) mishandles binary files, which allows local users to obtain root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCva50496

Published Sep 24, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The installation procedure on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices 1.3(2f) mishandles binary files, which allows local users to obtain root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCva50496.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00327

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00327

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00327)	23.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00327)	24.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00078)	20.83th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-apic
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036872
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-apic		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036872		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Sep 24, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 26, 2016

Link CVE-2016-6413

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-6413

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-6413