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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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Cisco IOS Software Cisco Application-Hosting Framework HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability. Allows remote attacker to force user to download controlled file

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# 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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02 Feb 2026 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.5
EPSS0.01105
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