Cisco IOS Software Application-Hosting Framework Unauthorized File Access Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160921-caf)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:ios";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106277");
  script_version("2026-02-02T05:59:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-02-02 05:59:28 +0000 (Mon, 02 Feb 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-22 10:06:54 +0700 (Thu, 22 Sep 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-30 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6410");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Cisco IOS Software Application-Hosting Framework Unauthorized File Access Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160921-caf)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_ios_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/ios/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the Cisco application-hosting framework
  (CAF) for Cisco IOS Software with the IOx feature set could allow an authenticated, remote
  attacker to read arbitrary files on a targeted system.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by
  the affected framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting specific,
  crafted input to the affected framework.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary
  files on the targeted system.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-caf");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( version == "15.5(2)T" ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(  installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );