High severity · published Sep 17, 2016
CVE-2016-6407
Cisco AsyncOS through 9.5.0-444 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (link saturation) by making many HTTP requests for…
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cisco AsyncOS through 9.5.0-444 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (link saturation) by making many HTTP requests for overlapping byte ranges simultaneously, aka Bug ID CSCuz27219.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
Web Security Appliance · Cisco
5.6.0-623; 6.0.0-000; 7.1.0; 7.1.1; 7.1.2; 7.1.3; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6407
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6407
Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160914-wsa
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92955
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036829
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