Cisco IOS Software Cisco Application-Hosting Framework HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160921-caf1)
🗓️ 22 Sep 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Application-Hosting Framework HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability | 21 Sep 201616:00 | – | cisco | |
| Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Application-Hosting Framework HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability | 24 Sep 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-6412 | 24 Sep 201601:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-6412 | 24 Sep 201601:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2016-7335 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2016-6412 | 24 Sep 201601:59 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2016-6412 | 24 Sep 201601:59 | – | osv | |
| Code injection | 24 Sep 201601:59 | – | prion |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:ios";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106278");
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:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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-2016-6412");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Cisco IOS Software Cisco Application-Hosting Framework HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160921-caf1)");
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) component for Cisco IOS Software with the IOx feature set could allow an unauthenticated,
remote attacker to cause a CAF user to download a file controlled by the attacker.");
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. An
attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted HTTP headers into the
communication path between the user and CAF.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An exploit could allow the attacker to force the user to
download a file controlled by the attacker.");
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-caf1");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version == "15.6(1)T1" ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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