A vulnerability in a startup script of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the targeted system to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user
Published Apr 7, 2017
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.50%
Description
A vulnerability in a startup script of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the targeted system to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user. More Information: CSCuz06639 CSCuz42122. Known Affected Releases: 15.6(1.1)S 16.1.2 16.2.0 15.2(1)E. Known Fixed Releases: Denali-16.1.3 16.2(1.8) 16.1(2.61) 15.6(2)SP 15.6(2)S1 15.6(1)S2 15.5(3)S3a 15.5(3)S3 15.5(2)S4 15.5(1)S4 15.4(3)S6a 15.4(3)S6 15.3(3)S8a 15.3(3)S8 15.2(5)E 15.2(4)E3 15.2(3)E5 15.0(2)SQD3 15.0(1.9.2)SQD3 3.9(0)E.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco IOS XE Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco IOS XEStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco IOS XE | n/a |
|
- 3.1.0s
- 3.1.0sg
- 3.1.1s
- 3.1.1sg
- 3.1.2s
- 3.1.3s
- 3.1.4as
- 3.1.4s
- 3.2.0se
- 3.2.0sg
- 3.2.0xo
- 3.2.1s
- 3.2.1se
- 3.2.1sg
- 3.2.1xo
- 3.2.2s
- 3.2.2se
- 3.2.2sg
- 3.2.3se
- 3.2.3sg
- 3.2.4sg
- 3.2.5sg
- 3.2.6sg
- 3.2.7sg
- 3.2.8sg
- 3.2.9sg
- 3.2.10sg
- 3.2.11sg
- 3.3.0s
- 3.3.0se
- 3.3.0sg
- 3.3.0sq
- 3.3.0xo
- 3.3.1s
- 3.3.1se
- 3.3.1sg
- 3.3.1sq
- 3.3.1xo
- 3.3.2s
- 3.3.2se
- 3.3.2sg
- 3.3.2xo
- 3.3.3se
- 3.3.4se
- 3.3.5se
- 3.4.0as
- 3.4.0s
- 3.4.0sg
- 3.4.0sq
- 3.4.1s
- 3.4.1sg
- 3.4.1sq
- 3.4.2s
- 3.4.2sg
- 3.4.3s
- 3.4.3sg
- 3.4.4s
- 3.4.4sg
- 3.4.5s
- 3.4.5sg
- 3.4.6s
- 3.4.6sg
- 3.4.7sg
- 3.4.8sg
- 3.5.0e
- 3.5.0s
- 3.5.0sq
- 3.5.1e
- 3.5.1s
- 3.5.1sq
- 3.5.2e
- 3.5.2s
- 3.5.2sq
- 3.5.3e
- 3.6.0e
- 3.6.0s
- 3.6.1e
- 3.6.1s
- 3.6.2ae
- 3.6.2s
- 3.6.3e
- 3.6.4e
- 3.6.5ae
- 3.6.5e
- 3.6.6e
- 3.6.7e
- 3.7.0bs
- 3.7.0e
- 3.7.0s
- 3.7.1e
- 3.7.1s
- 3.7.2e
- 3.7.2s
- 3.7.2ts
- 3.7.3e
- 3.7.3s
- 3.7.4e
- 3.7.4s
- 3.7.5s
- 3.7.6s
- 3.7.7s
- 3.8.0e
- 3.8.0s
- 3.8.1e
- 3.8.1s
- 3.8.2e
- 3.8.2s
- 3.9.0s
- 3.9.1s
- 3.9.2s
- 3.10.0s
- 3.10.1s
- 3.10.1xbs
- 3.10.2s
- 3.10.2ts
- 3.10.3s
- 3.10.4s
- 3.10.5s
- 3.10.6s
- 3.10.7s
- 3.11.0s
- 3.11.1s
- 3.11.2s
- 3.11.3s
- 3.11.4s
- 3.12.0as
- 3.12.0s
- 3.12.1s
- 3.12.2s
- 3.12.3s
- 3.12.4s
- 3.13.0as
- 3.13.0s
- 3.13.1s
- 3.13.2as
- 3.13.2s
- 3.13.3s
- 3.13.4s
- 3.13.5as
- 3.13.5s
- 3.14.0s
- 3.14.1s
- 3.14.2s
- 3.14.3s
- 3.15.0s
- 3.15.1cs
- 3.15.1s
- 3.15.2s
- 3.15.3s
- 3.16.0cs
- 3.16.0s
- 3.16.1as
- 3.16.1s
- 3.16.2as
- 3.16.2bs
- 3.16.2s
- 3.17.0s
- 3.17.1as
- 3.17.1s
- 3.18.0as
- 3.18.0s
- 16.1.1
- 16.1.2
- 16.2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00503) | 40.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00503) | 38.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00091) | 23.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 49.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 48.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 46.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.46% (0.01458) | 32.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.46% (0.01458) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038190 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-iosxe x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97434 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038190 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-iosxe | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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